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... official world , its own church versus the official church , its own state versus the official state " ( p . 88 ) . And it is clear what forms of governance are typical of each . As Bakhtin says in his opening chapter , he " must stress ...
... official world , its own church versus the official church , its own state versus the official state " ( p . 88 ) . And it is clear what forms of governance are typical of each . As Bakhtin says in his opening chapter , he " must stress ...
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... official feast looked back at the past and used the past to conse- crate the present . Unlike the earlier and purer feast , the official feast asserted all that was stable , unchanging , perennial : the exist- ing hierarchy , the ...
... official feast looked back at the past and used the past to conse- crate the present . Unlike the earlier and purer feast , the official feast asserted all that was stable , unchanging , perennial : the exist- ing hierarchy , the ...
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... official order and official ideology , it always remained " with the people . " This popular aspect was especially apparent on feast days . The dates of the fairs were usually adapted to the great feasts of the year but were extended ...
... official order and official ideology , it always remained " with the people . " This popular aspect was especially apparent on feast days . The dates of the fairs were usually adapted to the great feasts of the year but were extended ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
Copyright | |
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