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... Menippus laughing in the kingdom of the dead . Lucian's work " Menippus , or the Descent into Hades " had an essential influence on Rabelais , more precisely on the episode of Epistemon's journey to hell in Pantagruel . Another ...
... Menippus laughing in the kingdom of the dead . Lucian's work " Menippus , or the Descent into Hades " had an essential influence on Rabelais , more precisely on the episode of Epistemon's journey to hell in Pantagruel . Another ...
Page 70
... Menippus . ( Charon and Menippus ) 17 Let us stress in this Lucianic image of the laughing Menippus the relation of laughter to the underworld and to death , to the freedom of the spirit , and to the freedom of speech . Such are the ...
... Menippus . ( Charon and Menippus ) 17 Let us stress in this Lucianic image of the laughing Menippus the relation of laughter to the underworld and to death , to the freedom of the spirit , and to the freedom of speech . Such are the ...
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... Menippus , or the Descent into Hades , " 69-70 , 386-388 " Menippus Satire on the Virtues of the Spanish Catholikon , ” 60 , 63 , 186-187 , 264 n Menot , 135 , 193 Méon , 297 n Mère Folle , 228 n Michelet , Jules , 2 , 115 , 124 Mime ...
... Menippus , or the Descent into Hades , " 69-70 , 386-388 " Menippus Satire on the Virtues of the Spanish Catholikon , ” 60 , 63 , 186-187 , 264 n Menot , 135 , 193 Méon , 297 n Mère Folle , 228 n Michelet , Jules , 2 , 115 , 124 Mime ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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