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... interpreted as a peculiar form of satire , directed against iso- lated , purely negative objects . Because of such interpretation the deep and universal nature of grotesque images was completely obscured . The most extensive work ...
... interpreted as a peculiar form of satire , directed against iso- lated , purely negative objects . Because of such interpretation the deep and universal nature of grotesque images was completely obscured . The most extensive work ...
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... interpretation of Rabelais continued valid during the period that followed . Popular laughter , the material bodily ... interpreting Rabe- lais was made as early as the seventeenth century . Rabelais ' work is extremely difficult . It ...
... interpretation of Rabelais continued valid during the period that followed . Popular laughter , the material bodily ... interpreting Rabe- lais was made as early as the seventeenth century . Rabelais ' work is extremely difficult . It ...
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... interpretation— an interpretation which was to prevail for almost three centuries of Rabelaisiana . The first historic - allegorical interpretation of Rabelais ' images was made in the sixteenth century . The well - known historian ...
... interpretation— an interpretation which was to prevail for almost three centuries of Rabelaisiana . The first historic - allegorical interpretation of Rabelais ' images was made in the sixteenth century . The well - known historian ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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