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Page 12
... essential differences of the people's festive laughter from the pure satire of modern times . The satirist whose laughter is negative places himself above the object of his mockery , he is opposed to it . The wholeness of the world's ...
... essential differences of the people's festive laughter from the pure satire of modern times . The satirist whose laughter is negative places himself above the object of his mockery , he is opposed to it . The wholeness of the world's ...
Page 62
... essential difference in the appreciation of Rabelais ' writings in the sixteenth century and in the years that followed . Contemporaries understood this one grand style , while men of the next two centuries began to consider it as some ...
... essential difference in the appreciation of Rabelais ' writings in the sixteenth century and in the years that followed . Contemporaries understood this one grand style , while men of the next two centuries began to consider it as some ...
Page 81
... essential rela- tion to time and to social and historical transformation . One of the indispensable elements of the folk festival was travesty , that is , the renewal of clothes and of the social image . Another essential element was a ...
... essential rela- tion to time and to social and historical transformation . One of the indispensable elements of the folk festival was travesty , that is , the renewal of clothes and of the social image . Another essential element was a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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