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Page 109
Rabelais ' negative aspect as seen by La Bruyère consists first of all in his sexual
and scatological obscenity , his curses and oaths , double entendres and vulgar
quips in other words , the tradition of folk culture in Rabelais ' work , laughter ...
Rabelais ' negative aspect as seen by La Bruyère consists first of all in his sexual
and scatological obscenity , his curses and oaths , double entendres and vulgar
quips in other words , the tradition of folk culture in Rabelais ' work , laughter ...
Page 329
This theme also opens the second chapter : At the age of four hundred fourscore
and fourty - four years , Gargantua begat his son Pantagruel upon his wife named
Badebec , daughter to the king of the dimly - seen Amaurotes in Utopia .
This theme also opens the second chapter : At the age of four hundred fourscore
and fourty - four years , Gargantua begat his son Pantagruel upon his wife named
Badebec , daughter to the king of the dimly - seen Amaurotes in Utopia .
Page 446
They are based , as we have seen , on a local provincial conflict ( almost a family
quarrel ) of the Loire communities with Antoine Rabelais ' neighbor , Sainte -
Marthe . The arena is the limited ground of Devinière ' s immediate neighborhood
.
They are based , as we have seen , on a local provincial conflict ( almost a family
quarrel ) of the Loire communities with Antoine Rabelais ' neighbor , Sainte -
Marthe . The arena is the limited ground of Devinière ' s immediate neighborhood
.
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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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