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... names forty different weapons . These declamations had a popular form . They represented a display of armed forces ... names and military terms as well as the long orations made on these occasions by the heralds , as featured by Rabelais ...
... names forty different weapons . These declamations had a popular form . They represented a display of armed forces ... names and military terms as well as the long orations made on these occasions by the heralds , as featured by Rabelais ...
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... names of fishes . We find here fresh - water , Mediterranean , and ocean species . Where did Rabelais collect this rich vocabulary ? Certainly not in literary sources . The ichthyological works of the sixteenth century , composed by the ...
... names of fishes . We find here fresh - water , Mediterranean , and ocean species . Where did Rabelais collect this rich vocabulary ? Certainly not in literary sources . The ichthyological works of the sixteenth century , composed by the ...
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... names transmitted to Rabelais by tradition either orig- inally presented the character of nicknames suggesting praise - abuse or acquired this character by study of their etymology . Praise - abuse ambivalence is also found in the names ...
... names transmitted to Rabelais by tradition either orig- inally presented the character of nicknames suggesting praise - abuse or acquired this character by study of their etymology . Praise - abuse ambivalence is also found in the names ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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