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Page 108
... described by La Bruyère as “ filth " ( l'or- dure ) , and " delight for the rabble " ( charme pour la canaille ) . Moreover , in this negative aspect of his work , Rabelais " excels by far the worst " ( il passe bien loin au delà du ...
... described by La Bruyère as “ filth " ( l'or- dure ) , and " delight for the rabble " ( charme pour la canaille ) . Moreover , in this negative aspect of his work , Rabelais " excels by far the worst " ( il passe bien loin au delà du ...
Page 245
... described this festivity much later , his presentation of the topic and a number of other considerations convince us that this was one of the formative experiences of his youth . In other words , it was one of those events that to a ...
... described this festivity much later , his presentation of the topic and a number of other considerations convince us that this was one of the formative experiences of his youth . In other words , it was one of those events that to a ...
Page 382
... described in the story ( rending and dismemberment of bodies , thrusts into the bodily lower stratum , drenching in urine ) . Let us note yet another trait : Panurge declares that the loss of the head is the wager of a fool . But the ...
... described in the story ( rending and dismemberment of bodies , thrusts into the bodily lower stratum , drenching in urine ) . Let us note yet another trait : Panurge declares that the loss of the head is the wager of a fool . But the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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