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Series Editors: Bernth Lindfors, University of Texas at Austin; Robert Lecker, McGill University; David OConnell, Georgia State University; David William Foster, Arizona State University; Janet Pérez, Texas Tech University.TWAYNES UNITED STATES AUTHORS, ENGLISH AUTHORS, and WORLD AUTHORS Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an authors work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writers work. A reader new to the work under examination will, after reading the Authors Series, be compelled to turn to the originals, bringing to the reading a basic knowledge and fresh critical perspectives.

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This is not the usual Twayne book--i.e., a general introduction to the works of the author under consideration. That volume was written by Marcel Tetel (Rabelais, Sep'67). Rather, Zegura and Tetel's is a specialized study of Rabelais based on the metaphor of monetary exchange paralleling literary exchange. It is, therefore, not for those coming to the works of this Renaissance writer for the first time; it presupposes a familiarity with the Pantagrueline tales and the basic studies already written. The book is well written and well documented, displaying knowledge of recent criticism (the annotated bibliography is very much up to date). Although the initial focus may not be to everyone's liking, the metaphor is carried through a study of each of the four unquestioned Pantagrueline books, and a slight reference is made to the fifth book, although it is not studied in depth. Advanced undergraduate through faculty. C. E. Campbell; Cottey College