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ments and prohibitions , of death and punishment after death , hell and all that is
more terrifying than the earth itself . Through this victory laughter clarified man ' s
consciousness and gave him a new outlook on life . This truth was ephemeral ; it
...
ments and prohibitions , of death and punishment after death , hell and all that is
more terrifying than the earth itself . Through this victory laughter clarified man ' s
consciousness and gave him a new outlook on life . This truth was ephemeral ; it
...
Page 327
the earth , saturated with his blood , became exceptionally fertile . Here is the
beginning of this first chapter : You must therefore remember that I speak of the
beginning of the world , of long ages since , of more than forty times forty nights
ago ...
the earth , saturated with his blood , became exceptionally fertile . Here is the
beginning of this first chapter : You must therefore remember that I speak of the
beginning of the world , of long ages since , of more than forty times forty nights
ago ...
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This picture prepares the further assimilation of earth and sea as a bodily
category . Rabelais goes on to recall the ancient myth of Phaeton who , driving
the sun ' s chariot , came too near to earth and almost set it on fire ; the earth was
covered ...
This picture prepares the further assimilation of earth and sea as a bodily
category . Rabelais goes on to recall the ancient myth of Phaeton who , driving
the sun ' s chariot , came too near to earth and almost set it on fire ; the earth was
covered ...
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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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