Gargantua and Pantagruel (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: François Rabelais
- First Published: 1532
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Mock-heroic
- Time of Work: The Renaissance
- Setting: France
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Voyages, Folkloric or magical people, France or French people, Islands, Fantasy, Renaissance, Giants
- Locales: Paris, France, Loire River Valley, France
Characters Discussed
Gargantua (gahr-GAHN-tew-ah), an affable prince, a giant—as an infant, more than two thousand ells of cloth are required to clothe him—who has many adventures. He travels over Europe and other parts of the world, fighting wars from which all prisoners are set free, straightening out disputes in other kingdoms, and helping his friends achieve their goals.
Pantagruel (PAHN-tah-grewl), Gargantua’s giant son, who once got an arm out of his swaddling clothes and ate the cow that was nursing him. Pantagruel was born when his father was four hundred...
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François Rabelais (Censorship--Ready Reference series)François Rabelais (Cyclopedia of World Authors)François Rabelais (Long Fiction)François Rabelais (Dictionary of World Biography)
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