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... earth , the contact with earth as an element that swal- lows up and gives birth at the same time . To degrade is to bury , to sow , and to kill simultaneously , in order to bring forth some- thing more and better . To degrade also means ...
... earth , the contact with earth as an element that swal- lows up and gives birth at the same time . To degrade is to bury , to sow , and to kill simultaneously , in order to bring forth some- thing more and better . To degrade also means ...
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... earth's fertility . Here we have the combination of killing and birth with which we are familiar . Death , the dead body , blood as a seed buried in the earth , rising for another life - this is one of the oldest and most wide- spread ...
... earth's fertility . Here we have the combination of killing and birth with which we are familiar . Death , the dead body , blood as a seed buried in the earth , rising for another life - this is one of the oldest and most wide- spread ...
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... earth and sea as a bodily category . Rabelais goes on to recall the ancient myth of Phaeton who , driv- ing the sun's chariot , came too near to earth and almost set it on fire ; the earth was covered with sweat so that the seas became ...
... earth and sea as a bodily category . Rabelais goes on to recall the ancient myth of Phaeton who , driv- ing the sun's chariot , came too near to earth and almost set it on fire ; the earth was covered with sweat so that the seas became ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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