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Rabelais was a connoisseur , possessing a wealth of information on this subject ,
for the ancient giants had already been listed by the scholar Ravisius Textor ,
whose works were used by Rabelais . The giants and their legends are closely ...
Rabelais was a connoisseur , possessing a wealth of information on this subject ,
for the ancient giants had already been listed by the scholar Ravisius Textor ,
whose works were used by Rabelais . The giants and their legends are closely ...
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In medieval literature the dismembered bodies of saints were often an occasion
for grotesque images and enumerations . In one of the best medieval parodies , “
The Treatise of García of Toledo , " which we have already mentioned , the hero ...
In medieval literature the dismembered bodies of saints were often an occasion
for grotesque images and enumerations . In one of the best medieval parodies , “
The Treatise of García of Toledo , " which we have already mentioned , the hero ...
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We have already seen the role played by junk in the carnivalesque underworld .
We have also sufficiently discussed the part played by “ bottoms up ” in folk
humor , from common somersaults to more complex comic situations . The
imagery of ...
We have already seen the role played by junk in the carnivalesque underworld .
We have also sufficiently discussed the part played by “ bottoms up ” in folk
humor , from common somersaults to more complex comic situations . The
imagery of ...
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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 |
| Length | 484 pages |
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