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Page 93
truth , expressed in curses and abusive words , degraded power . The medieval
clown was also the herald of this truth . In his article devoted to Rabelais ,
Veselovsky characterized as follows the clown ' s social meaning : In the Middle
Ages ...
truth , expressed in curses and abusive words , degraded power . The medieval
clown was also the herald of this truth . In his article devoted to Rabelais ,
Veselovsky characterized as follows the clown ' s social meaning : In the Middle
Ages ...
Page 94
Laughter is essentially not an external but an interior form of truth ; it cannot be
transformed into seriousness without destroying and distorting the very contents
of the truth which it unveils . Laughter liberates not only from external censorship
...
Laughter is essentially not an external but an interior form of truth ; it cannot be
transformed into seriousness without destroying and distorting the very contents
of the truth which it unveils . Laughter liberates not only from external censorship
...
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He was convinced that free and frank truth can be said only in the atmosphere of
the banquet , only in table talk . Outside all considerations of prudence , such an
atmosphere and such a tone corresponded to the very essence of truth as ...
He was convinced that free and frank truth can be said only in the atmosphere of
the banquet , only in table talk . Outside all considerations of prudence , such an
atmosphere and such a tone corresponded to the very essence of truth as ...
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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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