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Page 106
... festive theme and images can be found in a somewhat different aspect in the works of the libertine poets : Saint - Amant , Théophile Viau , d'Assouci . These works preserve the philosophical meaning of the images but acquire an ...
... festive theme and images can be found in a somewhat different aspect in the works of the libertine poets : Saint - Amant , Théophile Viau , d'Assouci . These works preserve the philosophical meaning of the images but acquire an ...
Page 269
... festive images must not be understood as an exterior , mechanical method of defense against censorship , as an enforced adoption of Aesop's language . For thousands of years the people have used these festive comic images to express ...
... festive images must not be understood as an exterior , mechanical method of defense against censorship , as an enforced adoption of Aesop's language . For thousands of years the people have used these festive comic images to express ...
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... festive element did not die . It was merely narrowed down . The feast is a primary , in- destructible ingredient of human civilization ; it may become sterile and even degenerate , but it cannot vanish . The private , “ chamber " feast ...
... festive element did not die . It was merely narrowed down . The feast is a primary , in- destructible ingredient of human civilization ; it may become sterile and even degenerate , but it cannot vanish . The private , “ chamber " feast ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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