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The cris were loud advertisements called out by the Paris street vendors21 and
composed according to a certain versified form ; each cry had four lines offering
and praising a certain merchandise . The first collection of Paris cries was ...
The cris were loud advertisements called out by the Paris street vendors21 and
composed according to a certain versified form ; each cry had four lines offering
and praising a certain merchandise . The first collection of Paris cries was ...
Page 191
And each time they called upon a saint they cried out : nous sommes baignés
pour ris ( we are drenched for fun ) . Therefore , the city formerly called Leucetia (
which in Greek means whiteness ) was from that day on called “ Par - ris , ” Paris .
And each time they called upon a saint they cried out : nous sommes baignés
pour ris ( we are drenched for fun ) . Therefore , the city formerly called Leucetia (
which in Greek means whiteness ) was from that day on called “ Par - ris , ” Paris .
Page 293
The author of this piece is called “ Magister Golias . " This is the nickname of a
libertine , a man who has abandoned routine and has transgressed the limits of
official philosophy . The name was also applied to drunkards and rakes who
waste ...
The author of this piece is called “ Magister Golias . " This is the nickname of a
libertine , a man who has abandoned routine and has transgressed the limits of
official philosophy . The name was also applied to drunkards and rakes who
waste ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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