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Page 194
... human body . " 32 These images can already be found in the epics of the minstrels . Friar John is truly the d'Entommeure in both senses of this word ; the essential link between the two meanings is clearly shown in Rabelais ' work . In ...
... human body . " 32 These images can already be found in the epics of the minstrels . Friar John is truly the d'Entommeure in both senses of this word ; the essential link between the two meanings is clearly shown in Rabelais ' work . In ...
Page 273
... human and divine " are silenced . Life has been lifted out of its routine , the web of conventions has been torn ; all the official hierarchic limits have been swept away . The plague has created its own unique atmosphere that grants ...
... human and divine " are silenced . Life has been lifted out of its routine , the web of conventions has been torn ; all the official hierarchic limits have been swept away . The plague has created its own unique atmosphere that grants ...
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... human element into an animal one ; the combination of human and animal traits is , as we know , one of the most ancient grotesque forms . But the author does not grasp the meaning of the grotesque image of the nose : that it always ...
... human element into an animal one ; the combination of human and animal traits is , as we know , one of the most ancient grotesque forms . But the author does not grasp the meaning of the grotesque image of the nose : that it always ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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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