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... already be found in the epics of the minstrels . Friar John is truly the d'Entommeure in both senses of this word ; the essential link between the two meanings is clearly shown in Rabelais ' work . In the episode of the " sausage war ...
... already be found in the epics of the minstrels . Friar John is truly the d'Entommeure in both senses of this word ; the essential link between the two meanings is clearly shown in Rabelais ' work . In the episode of the " sausage war ...
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... already been listed by the scholar Ravisius Textor , whose works were used by Rabelais . The giants and their legends are closely related to the grotesque conception of the body . We have already pointed out the role of giants in ...
... already been listed by the scholar Ravisius Textor , whose works were used by Rabelais . The giants and their legends are closely related to the grotesque conception of the body . We have already pointed out the role of giants in ...
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... already mentioned , the hero , a wealthy simonist bishop from Toledo , brings to Rome a present for the Pope , the miraculous relics of the saintly martyrs Ruphinus and Albinus . In the language of medieval travesties the names of these ...
... already mentioned , the hero , a wealthy simonist bishop from Toledo , brings to Rome a present for the Pope , the miraculous relics of the saintly martyrs Ruphinus and Albinus . In the language of medieval travesties the names of these ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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