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Page 175
... living body and dead disintegrating matter that is being transformed into earth , into manure . The living body returns to the earth its excre- ment , which fertilizes the earth as does the body of the dead . Rab- elais was able to ...
... living body and dead disintegrating matter that is being transformed into earth , into manure . The living body returns to the earth its excre- ment , which fertilizes the earth as does the body of the dead . Rab- elais was able to ...
Page 282
... living in the creative life of the people . The images continued to developed , to be renewed and filled with a richer meaning . They grew and were regenerated together with the people who created them . Therefore , in contradiction to ...
... living in the creative life of the people . The images continued to developed , to be renewed and filled with a richer meaning . They grew and were regenerated together with the people who created them . Therefore , in contradiction to ...
Page 438
... living actuality . These images are far remote from ab- stract symbolism and schematism . We may say that in Rabelais ' novel the cosmic breadth of myth is combined with the directness of a modern survey and the concrete precision of a ...
... living actuality . These images are far remote from ab- stract symbolism and schematism . We may say that in Rabelais ' novel the cosmic breadth of myth is combined with the directness of a modern survey and the concrete precision of 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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