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====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | ====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' Rabelais | [[File:P&G.jpg|right]] | ||
'''Artist:''' François Rabelais (1494-1553) | |||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' The divines of the Sorbonne, French parliament, U.S. Customs Department, South African State. | '''Confronting Bodies:''' The divines of the Sorbonne, French parliament, U.S. Customs Department, South African State. | ||
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'''Dates of Actions:''' 1533, 1546, 1930, 1938 | '''Dates of Actions:''' 1533, 1546, 1930, 1938 | ||
'''Location:''' Europe and Africa | '''Location:''' Europe, North America and Africa | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''Pantagruel and Gargentua'' 1533: The story of Pantagruel, the giant, son of Gargentua, their feats, their wars and adventures. The framework of a mock-heroic chivalrous romance, he laughed at many types of sophistry including legal obscurantism and hermetic-ism, and was an astute observer of the social and political events of his day | ||
'''The Incident:''' 1533 France: The first of two parts of | '''The Incident:''' 1533 France: The first of two parts of ''Pantagruel'', published under a pseudonym and immediately listed on the "Index" of the Sorbonne and on the Official black list of parliament. 1546 France: The Third book of ''Pantagruel'' was published under Rabelais' own name and suffered the same fate. | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' 1535 Italy-Rome: A Papal bull absolved Rabelais from ecclesiastical censure. 1552 France: Taking advantage of the King's absence from Paris, the divines of the Sorbonne censored the fourth book on publication. 1554 France: Cardinal de Chatillon persuaded Henry II to raise the ban on the works of Rabelais. 1930 United States: The customs Department lifted the ban on all editions with the exception of those with so-called obscene illustrations, specifically Frank C. Pape's drawings for an edition of the Motteux translation. 1938 South Africa-Johannesburg: All works banned. | '''Results of Incident:''' 1535 Italy-Rome: A Papal bull absolved Rabelais from ecclesiastical censure. 1552 France: Taking advantage of the King's absence from Paris, the divines of the Sorbonne censored the fourth book on publication. 1554 France: Cardinal de Chatillon persuaded Henry II to raise the ban on the works of Rabelais. 1930 United States: The customs Department lifted the ban on all editions with the exception of those with so-called obscene illustrations, specifically Frank C. Pape's drawings for an edition of the Motteux translation. 1938 South Africa-Johannesburg: All works banned. | ||
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[[Category:Rabelais | [[Category:François Rabelais]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:39, 20 February 2012
Date: 1533 1546 1930 1938
Region: Europe Africa
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Literature
Artist: François Rabelais (1494-1553)
Confronting Bodies: The divines of the Sorbonne, French parliament, U.S. Customs Department, South African State.
Dates of Actions: 1533, 1546, 1930, 1938
Location: Europe, North America and Africa
Description of Artwork: Pantagruel and Gargentua 1533: The story of Pantagruel, the giant, son of Gargentua, their feats, their wars and adventures. The framework of a mock-heroic chivalrous romance, he laughed at many types of sophistry including legal obscurantism and hermetic-ism, and was an astute observer of the social and political events of his day
The Incident: 1533 France: The first of two parts of Pantagruel, published under a pseudonym and immediately listed on the "Index" of the Sorbonne and on the Official black list of parliament. 1546 France: The Third book of Pantagruel was published under Rabelais' own name and suffered the same fate.
Results of Incident: 1535 Italy-Rome: A Papal bull absolved Rabelais from ecclesiastical censure. 1552 France: Taking advantage of the King's absence from Paris, the divines of the Sorbonne censored the fourth book on publication. 1554 France: Cardinal de Chatillon persuaded Henry II to raise the ban on the works of Rabelais. 1930 United States: The customs Department lifted the ban on all editions with the exception of those with so-called obscene illustrations, specifically Frank C. Pape's drawings for an edition of the Motteux translation. 1938 South Africa-Johannesburg: All works banned.
Source: Banned Books 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D., by Anne Lyon Haight, and Chandler B. Grannis, R.R. Bowker Co, 1978.
