Article: Rabelais et l'humanisme civil.

In four compact chapters, Diane Desrosiers-Bonin articulates an ambitious and difficult project, namely, the ethical dimension and meaning of Rabelais's "mythologies Pantagruelicques." Chapter 1, "L'Ethique," establishes historical and programmatic distinctions for an understanding of humanistic ethics, while "Le Vin" (ch. 2), "Le Prince" (ch. 3), and "Des diables et des anges" (ch. 4) are the organizing motifs of her analysis of the fiction. An engaging "Epilogue," an ample bibliography (marred by typos not found elsewhere), and an index of names complement the whole.

Evangelism, humanism, Pantagruelism, and Rabelaisianism as terms and concepts have all played their part in ...

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