Thomas Urquhart Libri

Forse solo oggi si può apprezzare appieno la modernità di Gargantua e Pantagruele nella sua struttura di opera aperta ed enciclopedica. A caratterizzare questo capolavoro della letteratura rinascimentale sono la sorprendente molteplicità di episodi, digressioni, discussioni filosofiche, filologiche, scientifiche e pedagogiche, la ricchezza dell'invenzione linguistica e gli estri di una satira senza risparmio, che appunta i suoi strali su ogni dogmatismo. Rabelais (1494-1553) non intende darci con la sua opera una filosofia coerente, quanto piuttosto una visione violenta e irripetibile della vita. Come scrive Mario Bonfantini, curatore di questa edizione, «la gravità della sua satira, anche la più buffonesca e fantasiosa, spazia, non diversamente ma tanto più genialmente di quella dell'amico Erasmo, su tutti i campi dell'umana follia». Forse per questo Balzac definì Rabelais «il piú grande spirito dell'età moderna», mentre Chauteabriand lo considerò «il creatore delle lettere francesi».

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A satirical and ribald masterpiece of Renaissance literature, Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel has captured imaginations for centuries. This translation by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Le Motteux brings the bawdy and irreverent humor to life in vivid detail. With over-the-top characters and outrageous situations, this book is a delight for anyone with a taste for the zany and the absurd.

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