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Page 95
... serious tone and confidence in the truth of laughter had a spontaneous , elemental character . It was under- stood that fear never lurks behind laughter ( which does not build stakes ) and that hypocrisy and lies never laugh but wear a ...
... serious tone and confidence in the truth of laughter had a spontaneous , elemental character . It was under- stood that fear never lurks behind laughter ( which does not build stakes ) and that hypocrisy and lies never laugh but wear a ...
Page 96
... serious and the laughing aspect , coexisted in their consciousness . This co- existence was strikingly reflected in thirteenth- and fourteenth- century illuminated manuscripts , for instance , in the legendaries , that is , the ...
... serious and the laughing aspect , coexisted in their consciousness . This co- existence was strikingly reflected in thirteenth- and fourteenth- century illuminated manuscripts , for instance , in the legendaries , that is , the ...
Page 134
... serious parts of Rabelais ' novel ( or those which appear serious to him ) . He leaves laughter aside , as nonhistorical and unchanging . Febvre ignores the comic aspect of the world , evolved during hundreds and thousands of years in ...
... serious parts of Rabelais ' novel ( or those which appear serious to him ) . He leaves laughter aside , as nonhistorical and unchanging . Febvre ignores the comic aspect of the world , evolved during hundreds and thousands of years 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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abuse Ages already ambivalent ancient antique appear aspect become birth body Book called carnival carnivalesque century Chapter character closely combined comic completely concept concerning contains course culture death described earth elements entire episode especially essential example existed expressed familiar fear feast festive Finally folk forms Gargantua genre gives grotesque historic human humor images important individual influence interpretation Italy king language laugh laughter limited linked literary literature living lower stratum marketplace material bodily meaning medieval Middle Ages names nature novel objects offered official organs Pantagruel parody philosophy picture play popular popular-festive positive praise present principle Rabelais Rabelaisian realism Renaissance renewal represented role satire seen sense serious similar sources speaking speech sphere spirit symbol theme tion tone tradition transformed true truth turned typical universal various whole