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... example can be found in the famous Manneken - Pis of the Brussels fountain . This is an ancient figure of a boy urinat- ing with complete openness . The people of Brussels consider him their mascot . There are many similar examples ...
... example can be found in the famous Manneken - Pis of the Brussels fountain . This is an ancient figure of a boy urinat- ing with complete openness . The people of Brussels consider him their mascot . There are many similar examples ...
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... example ( clownery ) the laughter is direct , naïve , and devoid of anger . The stutterer can laugh at himself . In the second example ( burlesque ) irony is added to laughter , arising from the degradation of high literature . Moreover ...
... example ( clownery ) the laughter is direct , naïve , and devoid of anger . The stutterer can laugh at himself . In the second example ( burlesque ) irony is added to laughter , arising from the degradation of high literature . Moreover ...
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... example no one is mocked , neither the stutterer nor Harlequin . In the example of burlesque the high style of the Aeneid and classicism in general are the object of mockery , but there is no moral incentive for irony . This is merely a ...
... example no one is mocked , neither the stutterer nor Harlequin . In the example of burlesque the high style of the Aeneid and classicism in general are the object of mockery , but there is no moral incentive for irony . This is merely a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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