Rabelais and His World |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 68
Page 9
... true nature of human festivity was betrayed and dis- torted . But this true festive character was indestructible ; it had to be tolerated and even legalized outside the official sphere and had to be turned over to the popular sphere of ...
... true nature of human festivity was betrayed and dis- torted . But this true festive character was indestructible ; it had to be tolerated and even legalized outside the official sphere and had to be turned over to the popular sphere of ...
Page 122
... True open seriousness fears neither parody , nor irony , nor any other form of reduced laughter , for it is aware of being part of an uncompleted whole.65 In world literature there are certain works in which the two aspects ...
... True open seriousness fears neither parody , nor irony , nor any other form of reduced laughter , for it is aware of being part of an uncompleted whole.65 In world literature there are certain works in which the two aspects ...
Page 220
... true folk festival , completely independent of Church and State but tolerated by them . This was true of the Roman carnival described by Goethe in his famous sketch in 1788 ; and true also of the 1895 carnival in that city , pictured by ...
... true folk festival , completely independent of Church and State but tolerated by them . This was true of the Roman carnival described by Goethe in his famous sketch in 1788 ; and true also of the 1895 carnival in that city , pictured by ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abel Lefranc ambivalent ancient antique aspect banquet images birth blazons bodily lower stratum carnival carnival spirit carnivalesque Chapter character comic completely concept culture death debasement devil diableries drink earth elements entire episode especially expressed familiar fear feast of fools festive folk culture forms Fourth Book François Rabelais Friar John Gargantua genre Goethe grotesque body grotesque image grotesque realism hell Hippocrates historic human humor imagery important king language laugh laughter legends linked literary literature marketplace material bodily lower meaning medieval Menippus Middle Ages nature novel objects official organs Pantagruel Panurge Panurge's Paris parody peculiar phallus philosophy picture play popular popular-festive praise-abuse present prologue Pulcinella Rabe Rabelais Rabelaisian regenerating Renaissance renewal role Roman Saint satire Saturnalia Schneegans serious sixteenth century speech sphere spirit stress swabs symbol system of images tesque theme tion tone tradition transformed travesty truth typical uncrowning underworld urine utopian wine words