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... body . Contrary to modern canons , the grotesque body is not separated from the rest of the world . It is not a closed , completed unit ; it is unfinished , outgrows itself , transgresses its own limits . The stress is laid on those ...
... body . Contrary to modern canons , the grotesque body is not separated from the rest of the world . It is not a closed , completed unit ; it is unfinished , outgrows itself , transgresses its own limits . The stress is laid on those ...
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... body , as we have often stressed , is a body in the act of becoming . It is never finished , never completed ; it is con- tinually built , created , and builds and creates another body . More- over , the body swallows the world and is ...
... body , as we have often stressed , is a body in the act of becoming . It is never finished , never completed ; it is con- tinually built , created , and builds and creates another body . More- over , the body swallows the world and is ...
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... body . The belly , nose , and mouth , are of course retained in the image and cannot be hidden , but in an individual , completed body they either fulfill purely expressive functions ( this is true of the mouth only ) or the func- tions ...
... body . The belly , nose , and mouth , are of course retained in the image and cannot be hidden , but in an individual , completed body they either fulfill purely expressive functions ( this is true of the mouth only ) or the func- tions ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
Copyright | |
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