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Page 45
Because of such interpretation the deep and universal nature of grotesque
images was completely obscured . The most extensive work devoted to the
subject was published in 1894 by the German scientist G . Schneegans , entitled
“ The ...
Because of such interpretation the deep and universal nature of grotesque
images was completely obscured . The most extensive work devoted to the
subject was published in 1894 by the German scientist G . Schneegans , entitled
“ The ...
Page 47
What are , according to Kayser , the basic characteristics of grotesque imagery ?
Kayser ' s definitions first of all strike us by the gloomy , terrifying tone of the
grotesque world that alone the author sees . In reality gloom is completely alien
to ...
What are , according to Kayser , the basic characteristics of grotesque imagery ?
Kayser ' s definitions first of all strike us by the gloomy , terrifying tone of the
grotesque world that alone the author sees . In reality gloom is completely alien
to ...
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The combination of human and animal forms is one of the most ancient images ,
but it is completely alien to La Bruyère , the faithful spokesman of his time . He is
used to conceive being as something finished , stable , completed , clear , and ...
The combination of human and animal forms is one of the most ancient images ,
but it is completely alien to La Bruyère , the faithful spokesman of his time . He is
used to conceive being as something finished , stable , completed , clear , and ...
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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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