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Page 47
We have already shown that the medieval and Renaissance grotesque , filled
with the spirit of carnival , liberates the world from all that is dark and terrifying ; it
takes away all fears and is therefore completely gay and bright . All that was ...
We have already shown that the medieval and Renaissance grotesque , filled
with the spirit of carnival , liberates the world from all that is dark and terrifying ; it
takes away all fears and is therefore completely gay and bright . All that was ...
Page 109
The combination of human and animal forms is one of the most ancient images ,
but it is completely alien to La Bruyère , the faithful spokesman of his time . He is
used to conceive being as something finished , stable , completed , clear , and ...
The combination of human and animal forms is one of the most ancient images ,
but it is completely alien to La Bruyère , the faithful spokesman of his time . He is
used to conceive being as something finished , stable , completed , clear , and ...
Page 186
This eulogy of incombustible hemp is borrowed from Pliny ' s praise of flax in his "
Natural History . ” But as in all cases when Rabelais borrowed from other sources
, he completely transformed the writing . In his own context it is marked with his ...
This eulogy of incombustible hemp is borrowed from Pliny ' s praise of flax in his "
Natural History . ” But as in all cases when Rabelais borrowed from other sources
, he completely transformed the writing . In his own context it is marked with his ...
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User Review - baswood - LibraryThingMy recent (over the last couple of years) reading of Medieval literature and renaissance literature has taught me that to appreciate their works it is essential to approach the authors on their own ... Read full review
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User Review - Jannemangan - LibraryThingMikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Бахти́н, pronounced [mʲɪxʌˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ bʌxˈtʲin]) (November 17, 1895, Oryol – March 7, 1975) was a Russian philosopher, literary critic ... Read full review
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 31 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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| Title | Rabelais and His World A Midland book ; MB 341 Volume 341 of Midland books |
| Authors | Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin, Mikhail Mikha?ilovich Bakhtin |
| Translated by | Hélène Iswolsky |
| Contributor | Michael Holquist |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0253348307, 9780253348302 |
| Length | 484 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / French Literary Criticism / Medieval |
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