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... who for a time entered the utopian realm of community , freedom , equality ,
and abundance . On the other hand , the official feasts of the Middle Ages ,
whether ecclesiastic , feudal , or sponsored by the state , did not lead the people
out ...
... who for a time entered the utopian realm of community , freedom , equality ,
and abundance . On the other hand , the official feasts of the Middle Ages ,
whether ecclesiastic , feudal , or sponsored by the state , did not lead the people
out ...
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is unofficial ; it enjoyed a certain extraterritoriality in a world of official order and
official ideology , it always remained “ with the people . ” This popular aspect was
especially apparent on feast days . The dates of the fairs were usually adapted to
...
is unofficial ; it enjoyed a certain extraterritoriality in a world of official order and
official ideology , it always remained “ with the people . ” This popular aspect was
especially apparent on feast days . The dates of the fairs were usually adapted to
...
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However , his appreciation never took on an official and unconditional character .
For the popular , marketplace images , saturated with ambivalent laughter ,
disclosed all the limitations of this progressiveness . From the people ' s point of
view ...
However , his appreciation never took on an official and unconditional character .
For the popular , marketplace images , saturated with ambivalent laughter ,
disclosed all the limitations of this progressiveness . From the people ' s point of
view ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Length | 484 pages |
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