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Page 112
Doubtless the tradition of replacing Rabelais ' characters and the various
episodes of his novel by real historic figures and events of political and court life
was started as early as the sixteenth century , was transmitted to the seventeenth
...
Doubtless the tradition of replacing Rabelais ' characters and the various
episodes of his novel by real historic figures and events of political and court life
was started as early as the sixteenth century , was transmitted to the seventeenth
...
Page 132
Using a great amount of valuable material from various fields of sixteenth century
cul . ture and thought , Febvre seeks to prove that in the world outlook bf that time
( whether philosophical or scientific ) there was no room for systematic ...
Using a great amount of valuable material from various fields of sixteenth century
cul . ture and thought , Febvre seeks to prove that in the world outlook bf that time
( whether philosophical or scientific ) there was no room for systematic ...
Page 351
A dying ass bequeaths the parts of his body to various social and professional
groups , beginning with the Pope and cardinals . The dismemberment here
corresponds to the divisions of the social hierarchy : the ass ' s head is for the
Pope , the ...
A dying ass bequeaths the parts of his body to various social and professional
groups , beginning with the Pope and cardinals . The dismemberment here
corresponds to the divisions of the social hierarchy : the ass ' s head is for the
Pope , 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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