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... character ; this is not the body and its physiology in the modern sense of these words , because it is not individualized . The material bodily principle is contained not in the biological individual , not in the bourgeois ego , but in ...
... character ; this is not the body and its physiology in the modern sense of these words , because it is not individualized . The material bodily principle is contained not in the biological individual , not in the bourgeois ego , but in ...
Page 442
... character of this episode . We find this character through- out the novel . Rabelais always seeks to introduce into the texture of his story a real peculiar trait of some French province or town , some local curiosity or legend . We ...
... character of this episode . We find this character through- out the novel . Rabelais always seeks to introduce into the texture of his story a real peculiar trait of some French province or town , some local curiosity or legend . We ...
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... character is strengthened thereby . Furthermore , in their dynamic abusive function as swabs their material and individual nature is sharply brought out . The name becomes almost like the nickname of a character in a farce . The newness ...
... character is strengthened thereby . Furthermore , in their dynamic abusive function as swabs their material and individual nature is sharply brought out . The name becomes almost like the nickname of a character in a farce . The newness ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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abuse Ages already ambivalent ancient antique appear aspect become birth body Book called carnival carnivalesque century Chapter character closely combined comic completely concept concerning contains course culture death described earth elements entire episode especially essential example existed expressed familiar fear feast festive Finally folk forms Gargantua genre gives grotesque historic human humor images important individual influence interpretation Italy king language laugh laughter limited linked literary literature living lower stratum marketplace material bodily meaning medieval Middle Ages names nature novel objects offered official organs Pantagruel parody philosophy picture play popular popular-festive positive praise present principle Rabelais Rabelaisian realism Renaissance renewal represented role satire seen sense serious similar sources speaking speech sphere spirit symbol theme tion tone tradition transformed true truth turned typical universal various whole