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Page 162
In the prologue of the Fourth Book Rabelais resumes this theme and bases the
curative power of laughter on the teaching of Hippocrates , Galen , Plato , and
others . Having enumerated the “ Chronicles ” ' merits in the prologue of the
Second ...
In the prologue of the Fourth Book Rabelais resumes this theme and bases the
curative power of laughter on the teaching of Hippocrates , Galen , Plato , and
others . Having enumerated the “ Chronicles ” ' merits in the prologue of the
Second ...
Page 164
Thus we have on the one hand the author ' s exaggerated praise of the "
Chronicles ” as the best , the only book in the world , his praise of those who read
it and believe in it and are ready to die for it , of those who defend their belief in
the ...
Thus we have on the one hand the author ' s exaggerated praise of the "
Chronicles ” as the best , the only book in the world , his praise of those who read
it and believe in it and are ready to die for it , of those who defend their belief in
the ...
Page 280
logically the second book of the novel . The story begins with the cattle -
slaughtering feast . Images of eating and drinking also play a substantial part in
Gargantua ' s education . When he comes home at the beginning of the
Picrochole war ...
logically the second book of the novel . The story begins with the cattle -
slaughtering feast . Images of eating and drinking also play a substantial part in
Gargantua ' s education . When he comes home at the beginning of the
Picrochole war ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
und TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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| Title | Rabelais and His World Volume 177 of M.I.T.: Literary criticism Volume 177 of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass: MIT paperback series |
| Authors | Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin, Михаил Михайлович Бахтин |
| Translated by | Hélène Iswolsky |
| Publisher | M.I.T. Press, 1968 |
| ISBN | 0262055031, 9780262055031 |
| Length | 484 pages |
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