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Page 168
The prologue introduces us into a completely different atmosphere , the
atmosphere of fearless , free , and gay truth . The prologue of Gargantua ( the
second prologue chronologically speaking ) has a more complex structure .
Billingsgate ...
The prologue introduces us into a completely different atmosphere , the
atmosphere of fearless , free , and gay truth . The prologue of Gargantua ( the
second prologue chronologically speaking ) has a more complex structure .
Billingsgate ...
Page 170
All the other in ages of the prologue are also steeped in the atmosphere of the
fair . We find everywhere the abuse - praise combination as the basic moving
force which determines the style and the dynamics of the speeches . There are
almost ...
All the other in ages of the prologue are also steeped in the atmosphere of the
fair . We find everywhere the abuse - praise combination as the basic moving
force which determines the style and the dynamics of the speeches . There are
almost ...
Page 171
The dominant images of the prologue are those of the banquet . The author
eulogizes wine as much more pleasing than oil . ( Oil is the symbol of
sanctimonious wisdom and piety , while wine is the symbol of gay and free truth .
) Most of the ...
The dominant images of the prologue are those of the banquet . The author
eulogizes wine as much more pleasing than oil . ( Oil is the symbol of
sanctimonious wisdom and piety , while wine is the symbol of gay and free truth .
) Most of the ...
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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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