Rabelais ooe&ievAL & ReKiAissAMce xexTS & STuOies Volume 13 Renaissance Masters 1 Richard Schoeck J. General Editor Rabelais by Michael Heath J. cr)eC>ievAL & RCMAissAMce rexTS & sruOies Tempe, Arizona 1996 ® Copyright 1996 Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Heath, Michael (MichaelJohn) J. Rabelais / by Michael Heath — J. & & p. cm. (Renaissance Masters ; v. 1) (Medieval Renaissance texts studies ; v. 130) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-86698-181-0 1. Rabelais, Francois, ca. 1490-1553.'—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title, n. Series. PQ1694.H43 1995 843'.3—dc20 94-15400 CIP This book was edited and produced by MRTS at SUNY Binghamton. This book has been made to last. It is set in Garamond Antiqua typeface, smyth-sewn, and printed on acid-free paper to library specifications. Printed in the United States ofAmerica Table of Contents Acknowledgements vii Chapter One Introduction 1 Chapter Two Pantagruel 21 Chapter 3 Gargantua 43 Chapter 4 Le Tiers Livre 64 Chapter 5 Le QuartLivre 90 Chapter 6 Postscript 116 Select Bibliography 127