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If mentioned at all , it is either listed among the vulgar comic genres or interpreted
as a peculiar form of satire , directed against isolated , purely negative objects .
Because of such interpretation the deep and universal nature of grotesque ...
If mentioned at all , it is either listed among the vulgar comic genres or interpreted
as a peculiar form of satire , directed against isolated , purely negative objects .
Because of such interpretation the deep and universal nature of grotesque ...
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this author ' s attempt , and even in our days comments and interpretations in this
field followed a completely different line ... the historic - allegorical
interpretationan interpretation which was to prevail for almost three centuries of
Rabelaisiana .
this author ' s attempt , and even in our days comments and interpretations in this
field followed a completely different line ... the historic - allegorical
interpretationan interpretation which was to prevail for almost three centuries of
Rabelaisiana .
Page 120
It would be naïve indeed to interpret Rabelaisian abundance as excessive
spending inscribed in the king ' s budget . In this sense Ginguené ' s book
remains on the level of the usual interpretations of his time . The disintegration of
popular ...
It would be naïve indeed to interpret Rabelaisian abundance as excessive
spending inscribed in the king ' s budget . In this sense Ginguené ' s book
remains on the level of the usual interpretations of his time . The disintegration of
popular ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 31 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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| Title | Rabelais and His World A Midland book ; MB 341 Volume 341 of Midland books |
| Authors | Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin, Mikhail Mikha?ilovich Bakhtin |
| Translated by | Hélène Iswolsky |
| Contributor | Michael Holquist |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0253348307, 9780253348302 |
| Length | 484 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / French Literary Criticism / Medieval |
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