The Rabelaisian Mythologies

The Rabelaisian Mythologies
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Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 0838636314
ISBN-13 : 9780838636312
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Book Synopsis The Rabelaisian Mythologies by : Max Gauna

Download or read book The Rabelaisian Mythologies written by Max Gauna and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 4 examines in detail the various myths of the fourth book and suggests that in it Rabelais propounds a radically unorthodox syncretism in which the poetic attractions of Platonic and Plutarchan demonology are preponderant, in which Christ Himself may be seen as the greatest of the demons, and where the climax of the book shows us the hero Pantagruel in direct communication with his own guardian demon. A short epilogue sums up Gauna's conclusions and suggests reasons for the literary and philosophical attractions of magical Platonism.


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