Pantagruel
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Pantagruel, the second book (in chronological order of the narrative) of
Rabelais's great work, but the first to be written and published (1532). Pantagruel is presented as the son of
Gargantua and Badebec, daughter of the king of Amaurotes of Utopia (a reference to Sir T.
More's work). The book describes his fantastic birth and childhood, his tour of the French universities, and his military exploits in Utopia. The narrative, which is continued in three further books, provides occasion for abundant satire directed against monks and schoolmen, the papacy, and the magistrature
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El PSOE alucina con Largo Caballero. (La semana: las pistas imprescindibles).(comentarios sobre el pacifismo del presidente de Gobierno Francisco Largo Caballero durante homenaje del Partido Social Obrero Espanol )(Articulo breve)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 4/11/2003; 527 words
; ...lleva cien aos de pacifismo. En un homenaje a Francisco Largo Caballero, el secretario general de UGT, Cndido Mndez y...histrica, destacaron la "determinacin antiblica" de Largo Caballero. A quines quieren engaar con estulticias de parvulario...
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Rodríguez Zapatero, el provocador rojo: según el autor, hasta ahora el récord socialista de insensatez política era Largo Caballero. Pero añade que si a Zapatero no le echan pronto a la calle, va a superar los disparates del histórico dirigente.(José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero; Francisco Largo Caballero)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 10/28/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...segn no pocos historiadores, don Francisco Largo Caballero, quien, sin embargo, conserva...Historia del disparate al seor Largo Caballero, que provoc consciente...Prieto, a quien cerr su enemigo Largo Caballero, aunque ahora sus estaturas...
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La pluma envenenada de don Manuel. (extractos de los diarios de Manuel Azaña)(TT: Manuel's poisonous comments) (TA: excerpts from Manuel Azaña's journals)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 1/20/1997; 700+ words
; Francisco Largo Caballero (Secretario General de la UGT y dirigente...1937). 24 de diciembre de 1932.- Largo Caballero est muy enfermo. Padece...preside fueran el ombligo del mundo. Francisco Guerra del Ro (Diputado del Partido...
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The Spanish Republic at War, 1936-1939.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...prime ministers during the war, Francisco Largo Caballero (September 1936 to May 1937...not to agree with Graham that Largo was not the best man for the task...But for all his faults, it was Largo who rebuilt the Republican state...
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La Historia tiene dos caras ... Rafael Borrás va a lanzar, a través de Ediciones B, Cara y Cruz, una colección de veinte biografías de españoles cruciales del siglo XX.(libros)(TT: History has two faces... Rafael Borrás will publish a book through B editions, Cara Y Cruz, a collection of Spanish biographies, crucial to the XX century.)(TA: books)(Artículo Breve)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 9/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Francesc Camb, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Manuel Azaa, Francisco Largo Caballero, Lluis Companys, Alejandro Lerroux, Jos Maria...Gracias a Rafael Borrs salieron a la luz, en los largos aos de la Transicin, las memorias de figuras polticas...
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The Collapse of the Spanish Republic, 1933-1936: Origins of the Civil War.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...to July 1936 when a military junta, soon led by Francisco Franco, sought to overthrow the tottering Republic...Robles, and Indalecio Prieto; Socialist labor leader Francisco Largo Caballero Union General de Trabajadores (UGT); and the anarchists...
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Experiment in Terror.(Review)
Magazine article from: National Review; 7/23/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Improbable as it was, the Left formed a coalition under Francisco Largo Caballero, a veteran socialist trade-union leader known...military uprising of self-styled Nationalists under Francisco Franco, an obscure general in command of Spanish...
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Socialism and War: The Spanish Socialist Party in Power and Crisis, 1936-1939.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...the Spanish Revolution (1979) constituted a greatly expanded treatment to May 1937 and the fall of premier Francisco Largo Caballero. The nearly 1100 pages of The Spanish Civil War extends the story through the fall of the republic in 1939...
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Anarquismo y revolucion en la sociedad rural aragonesa: 1936-1938.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...the Spanish Revolution (1979) constituted a greatly expanded treatment to May 1937 and the fall of premier Francisco Largo Caballero. The nearly 1100 pages of The Spanish Civil War extends the story through the fall of the republic in 1939...
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The Spanish Civil War: Revolution and Counterrevolution.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...the Spanish Revolution (1979) constituted a greatly expanded treatment to May 1937 and the fall of premier Francisco Largo Caballero. The nearly 1100 pages of The Spanish Civil War extends the story through the fall of the republic in 1939...
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Francisco Largo Caballero
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Francisco Largo Caballero , 1869-1946, Spanish Socialist leader and politician. A trade union leader, he initially followed opportunistic policies and...
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Largo, Caballero Francisco
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Largo, Caballero Francisco (1869–1946) Spanish statesman. As a socialist he was imprisoned for life in 1917 for taking part in a general strike...
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Largo Caballero, Francisco
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Largo Caballero, Francisco (b. 15 Oct. 1869, d. 23 Mar. 1946). Prime Minister of the Spanish Republic 1936–7 Born in Madrid, he was forced...
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Spanish civil war
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Niceto Alcalá Zamora , Francisco Largo Caballero , and Manuel Azañ...consolidated. In July, 1936, Gen. Francisco Franco led an army revolt in...new republican government of Francisco Largo Caballero (to which the...
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Spanish Civil War
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...months, the military insurgents elected General Francisco Franco as their commander-in-chief. Franco also...government on September 4, 1936, led by the Socialist Francisco Largo Caballero. It eventually included all the leftist forces in...
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