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... genre for defining the new obligatory style . Transcripts of these discussions , in which a number of leading intellectuals , including George Lukacs , then resident in the Soviet Union , par- ticipated , were published in 1935 in the ...
... genre for defining the new obligatory style . Transcripts of these discussions , in which a number of leading intellectuals , including George Lukacs , then resident in the Soviet Union , par- ticipated , were published in 1935 in the ...
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... genres penetrated the literary sphere of that time , and we have seen this exemplified in the prologues . We shall now deal with certain genres of this cate- gory individually . Let us first look at the simplest genre but one that is ...
... genres penetrated the literary sphere of that time , and we have seen this exemplified in the prologues . We shall now deal with certain genres of this cate- gory individually . Let us first look at the simplest genre but one that is ...
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... genre , entitled Epître du coq - à- l'âne , dédiée à Lyon Jamet.18 This piece contains no unity of com- position nor logical consistency in the presentation of facts and the development of ideas but is devoted to " news of the day " in ...
... genre , entitled Epître du coq - à- l'âne , dédiée à Lyon Jamet.18 This piece contains no unity of com- position nor logical consistency in the presentation of facts and the development of ideas but is devoted to " news of the day " in ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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