Difficile est saturam non scribere
Subtitle: l'herméneutique de la satire rabelaisienne
By: Bernd Renner.
Series: Etudes rabelaisiennes -- t. 45; Travaux d'humanisme et Renaissance -- no 427
Publisher: Librairie Droz
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Genève
Language: fre
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9782600011105
Subjects: Rabelais, François, -- ca. 1490-1553? -- Criticism and interpretation.; Satire, French -- History and criticism.
Description: "The concept of varietas - the blend of classical, medieval, and contemporary sources in Renaissance satires - can add to our understanding of the four authentic books of Rabelais's Pantagrueline Chronicles. The first two books are characterized by farce - popular and straightforward satire; while a more subtle and ambiguous form of satire is to be found in the Tiers and Quart Livres. They all illustrate the assimilation and 'creative imitation' of literary models so characteristic of Renaissance texts."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-374) and index.