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... realism , his universal nature , and his deep popular utopianism . A second aspect appears , under Cervantes ' pen , as bodies and objects begin to acquire a private , individual nature ; they are ren- dered petty and homely and become ...
... realism , his universal nature , and his deep popular utopianism . A second aspect appears , under Cervantes ' pen , as bodies and objects begin to acquire a private , individual nature ; they are ren- dered petty and homely and become ...
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... realism . The ever - growing , inexhaustible , ever - laughing principle which uncrowns and renews is combined with its opposite : the petty , inert “ material principle " of class so- ciety . To ignore grotesque realism prevents us ...
... realism . The ever - growing , inexhaustible , ever - laughing principle which uncrowns and renews is combined with its opposite : the petty , inert “ material principle " of class so- ciety . To ignore grotesque realism prevents us ...
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... realism ( the second link of becoming ) drops out and is replaced by moral sententiousness and abstract concepts ... realism . These types also existed in grotesque realism , but they were not expected to build the picture of life as a ...
... realism ( the second link of becoming ) drops out and is replaced by moral sententiousness and abstract concepts ... realism . These types also existed in grotesque realism , but they were not expected to build the picture of life as 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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