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Page 252
neral candles in an individual burial procession . Pulcinella ' s indecencies , the
scene of childbirth enacted in the streets , the image of death symbolized by fire
are correctly tied together as a whole , as one meaningful and universal pageant
...
neral candles in an individual burial procession . Pulcinella ' s indecencies , the
scene of childbirth enacted in the streets , the image of death symbolized by fire
are correctly tied together as a whole , as one meaningful and universal pageant
...
Page 321
Moreover , instead of their original meaning they acquire an exclusiveness ; in
other words , they convey a merely individual meaning of the life of one single ,
limited body . The belly , nose , and mouth , are of course retained in the image
and ...
Moreover , instead of their original meaning they acquire an exclusiveness ; in
other words , they convey a merely individual meaning of the life of one single ,
limited body . The belly , nose , and mouth , are of course retained in the image
and ...
Page 404
Not the ascent of the individual soul into the higher sphere but the movement
forward of all mankind , along the horizontal of historic time , becomes the basic
criterion of all evaluations . Having done its part upon earth , the individual soul ...
Not the ascent of the individual soul into the higher sphere but the movement
forward of all mankind , along the horizontal of historic time , becomes the basic
criterion of all evaluations . Having done its part upon earth , the individual soul ...
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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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