Rabelais and His World |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 60
Page 27
... concept has been most fully and masterfully ex- pressed , whereas in other works of Renaissance literature it was ... concept of the body . It is this concept that also forms the body images in the immense mass of legends and literary ...
... concept has been most fully and masterfully ex- pressed , whereas in other works of Renaissance literature it was ... concept of the body . It is this concept that also forms the body images in the immense mass of legends and literary ...
Page 49
... concept of the world . This concept is uncrowned by the grotesque and reduced to the relative and the limited . Necessity , in every concept which pre- vails at any time , is always one - piece , serious , unconditional , and ...
... concept of the world . This concept is uncrowned by the grotesque and reduced to the relative and the limited . Necessity , in every concept which pre- vails at any time , is always one - piece , serious , unconditional , and ...
Page 124
... concept of reality and lent a great importance to time and to historic becoming . Thanks to this concept , they strove to see in a masterpiece much more than that which appeared on the surface . They sought to discover the signs of the ...
... concept of reality and lent a great importance to time and to historic becoming . Thanks to this concept , they strove to see in a masterpiece much more than that which appeared on the surface . They sought to discover the signs of the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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