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... carnival images closely resemble certain artistic forms , namely the spectacle . In turn , medieval spectacles often tended toward carnival folk culture , the culture of the market- płace , and to a certain extent became one of its ...
... carnival images closely resemble certain artistic forms , namely the spectacle . In turn , medieval spectacles often tended toward carnival folk culture , the culture of the market- płace , and to a certain extent became one of its ...
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... Carnival discloses these traits as the best preserved fragments of an im- mense , infinitely rich world . This permits us to use precisely the epithet " carnivalesque " in that broad sense of the word . We interpret it not only as carnival ...
... Carnival discloses these traits as the best preserved fragments of an im- mense , infinitely rich world . This permits us to use precisely the epithet " carnivalesque " in that broad sense of the word . We interpret it not only as carnival ...
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... carnival processions , especially in Germany , were in- terpreted as the march of the rejected pagan gods . The idea of the deposed higher powers and truths had become part of the nucleus of carnival images . Neither can the influence ...
... carnival processions , especially in Germany , were in- terpreted as the march of the rejected pagan gods . The idea of the deposed higher powers and truths had become part of the nucleus of carnival images . Neither can the influence ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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Abel Lefranc ambivalent ancient antique aspect banquet images birth blazons bodily lower stratum carnival carnival spirit carnivalesque Chapter character comic completely concept culture death debasement devil diableries drink earth elements entire episode especially expressed familiar fear feast of fools festive folk culture forms Fourth Book François Rabelais Friar John Gargantua genre Goethe grotesque body grotesque image grotesque realism hell Hippocrates historic human humor imagery important king language laugh laughter legends linked literary literature marketplace material bodily lower meaning medieval Menippus Middle Ages nature novel objects official organs Pantagruel Panurge Panurge's Paris parody peculiar phallus philosophy picture play popular popular-festive praise-abuse present prologue Pulcinella Rabe Rabelais Rabelaisian regenerating Renaissance renewal role Roman Saint satire Saturnalia Schneegans serious sixteenth century speech sphere spirit stress swabs symbol system of images tesque theme tion tone tradition transformed travesty truth typical uncrowning underworld urine utopian wine words