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Page 223
In spite of this warning , Gargamelle consumes sixteen quarters , two bushels ,
and six pecks of tripe ; her bowels are inflated by these all - toogenerous portions
. Here the author introduces the theme of dung , closely related to the concept of
...
In spite of this warning , Gargamelle consumes sixteen quarters , two bushels ,
and six pecks of tripe ; her bowels are inflated by these all - toogenerous portions
. Here the author introduces the theme of dung , closely related to the concept of
...
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closely combined with slaughter , dismemberment , bowels , excrement , and
other images of the material bodily lower stratum . For the correct understanding
of the entire novel , as well as the present episode , it is necessary to turn away
from ...
closely combined with slaughter , dismemberment , bowels , excrement , and
other images of the material bodily lower stratum . For the correct understanding
of the entire novel , as well as the present episode , it is necessary to turn away
from ...
Page 232
Two elements are closely interwoven in the poem : the parody of a prophecy
concerning the historic future and the images of a ball game . This relation of play
and prophecy reveals a carnivalesque conception of the historical process .
Two elements are closely interwoven in the poem : the parody of a prophecy
concerning the historic future and the images of a ball game . This relation of play
and prophecy reveals a carnivalesque conception of the historical process .
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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 |
| ISBN | 0262055031, 9780262055031 |
| Length | 484 pages |
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