Gustave Doré Boeken

Gargantua en Pantagruel is een serie van vijf romans geschreven in de zestiende eeuw door François Rabelais, die handelen over de avonturen van twee reuzen, vader Gargantua en zijn zoon Pantagruel, extravagant en satirisch beschreven. Gargantua en Pantagruel behoort tot de belangrijkste werken van de wereldliteratuur. De tekst is rauw en gewelddadig, en vol pikante en scatologische grappen. Pantagruel was de eerst gepubliceerde roman van de serie. Het boek verscheen in 1532, en de schrijver gebruikte het pseudoniem Alcofrybas Nasier, een anagram van zijn echte naam. De Sorbonne verafschuwde het werk, maar omdat de Franse koning zich ermee vermaakte, ging Rabelais de latere delen onder zijn eigen naam uitgeven. De beide figuren komen uit verschillende Franse sprookjes, waarin allerlei gebeurtenissen worden verklaard, hoe plaatsen aan hun naam komen, enzovoort. Rabelais heeft deze verhalen samengebracht en aangevuld met kritiek op de Kerk en de samenleving. Zeer bekend werden de negentiende-eeuwse Franse uitgaven met illustraties van Gustave Doré, die ook in deze uitgave te vinden zijn.

This authoritative retrospective of Doré’s prints and paintings showcases over 10,000 works in a spectacularly ornate package that reflects the artist’s dramatic style. If you were a literature consumer in the nineteenth century, your library likely featured his illustrations. From the Bible to Shakespeare, Balzac to Poe, Doré’s intricate and exuberant drawings brought great works to life, making them as cherished as the stories they illustrated. This magnificent volume also reveals his talents as a sculptor, painter, and cartoonist. It spans Doré’s entire career, with chapters dedicated to specific works such as The Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, and medieval fairy tales, each accompanied by exquisite full-page reproductions that highlight his genius in line, shading, and texture. The authors provide insights into the techniques Doré used to create his masterpieces. Fans will appreciate the book's stunning production, featuring quarter binding, gold foil stamping, embossing, a belly band, and silkscreen printing on three edges. Filled with incisive analysis and expert historical perspectives, this volume is a consummate collector’s item—expansive and sensational, just like the artist himself.

'London: A Pilgrimage' was conceived in 1868 by the journalist and playwright Blanchard Jerrold. Accompanied by the famous artist Gustave Dore, Jerrold prowled every corner of the heaving metropolis, sometimes with plain-clothes police for protection. 'London: A Pilgrimage' is a forgotten classic of social journalism, a frank and brutal look at the poverty striken, gin-swilling London of the nineteenth century, written in a perceptive, bold and gripping style.180 incredible etchings by Dore escort Jerrold on his odyssey through the pulsating city, into the Lambeth gas works, seedy opium dens and grubby bathing houses; peering curiously into the desperate lives of the flower sellers, lavender girls and organ grinders. 'London: A Pilgrimage' is an enlightening work that brings to life the chaotic and gloomy past of a great city on the cusp of modern times.Peter Ackroyd's excellent introduction sheds further light on the period and the context in which Jerrold and Dore felt compelled to reveal to the world the squalor into which London was slowly sinking.

Reproductions of Dore's scenes from the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso are accompanied by lines from Longfellow's translation

Generous sampling of Doré’s magnificent illustrations for Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel, including all 60 original full-page illustrations and 192 smaller works—all meticulously reproduced from rare original editions. Captions.

Text and captioned color photographs depict the sights, places of interest, and people of London.

New verse translation by prize-winning translator with facing Italian text, part of Alma Classics Evergreen series. Includes an extensive section on Dante's life and works.

Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by his squire, the cunning Sancho Panza. As they roam the world together, the aging Quixote's fancy leads them wildly astray. At the same time the relationship between the two men grows in fascinating subtlety. Often considered to be the first modern novel, Don Quixote is a wonderful burlesque of the popular literature its disordered protagonist is obsessed with.

"Written between 1308 and his death in 1321, this ... epic poem is widely considered to be the last great work of medieval literature and the first great work of the Renaissance - straddling two worlds on the brink of change... /Its] profound Christian message and detauiled social and political commentary of fourteenth-century Italy weave a rich tapestry of interpretation, meaning and symbolism. Dante's allegorical analysis of the mystery of divine revelation to the unsuspecting human soul is beautifully conveyed as a subtle journey of wonder and self-discovery, made personal by characters (and sinners) drawn from his own lineage, contemporary Florentine life, mythology and the Bible. ... "--Back cover.