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y rotesque illalism The material bodily principle in grotesque realism is offered in
its all - popular festive and utopian aspect . The cosmic , social , and · bodily
elements are given here as an indivisible whole . And this whole is gay and
gracious ...
y rotesque illalism The material bodily principle in grotesque realism is offered in
its all - popular festive and utopian aspect . The cosmic , social , and · bodily
elements are given here as an indivisible whole . And this whole is gay and
gracious ...
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The conflict of these two contradictory trends in the interpretation of the bodily
principle is typical of Renaissance realism . The ever - growing , inexhaustible ,
ever - laughing principle which uncrowns and renews is combined with its
opposite ...
The conflict of these two contradictory trends in the interpretation of the bodily
principle is typical of Renaissance realism . The ever - growing , inexhaustible ,
ever - laughing principle which uncrowns and renews is combined with its
opposite ...
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All these movements , which according to Burdach prepared the Renaissance ,
expressed the liberating and renewing principle of laughter , even though at
times in an extremely reduced form . But the author completely ignores this
principle ...
All these movements , which according to Burdach prepared the Renaissance ,
expressed the liberating and renewing principle of laughter , even though at
times in an extremely reduced form . But the author completely ignores this
principle ...
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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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