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Page 434
... similar images are still seen today in circus sideshows and other comic productions . The dialogue of these pairs is of considerable interest , since it marks the as yet incomplete disintegration of the dual tone . In reality , it is a ...
... similar images are still seen today in circus sideshows and other comic productions . The dialogue of these pairs is of considerable interest , since it marks the as yet incomplete disintegration of the dual tone . In reality , it is a ...
Page 458
... similar character . In Rab- elais ' medical nomenclatures there are many such names , not suffi- ciently generalized and polished to become neutral expressions of literary or scientific terminology . The virginal words of the oral ...
... similar character . In Rab- elais ' medical nomenclatures there are many such names , not suffi- ciently generalized and polished to become neutral expressions of literary or scientific terminology . The virginal words of the oral ...
Page 460
... similar connotation , the " ever - thirsting , " disclosing the traditional ambivalent image . The absence of roots in the national language mollifies the ambivalence of this name . " Thus the names transmitted to Rabelais by tradition ...
... similar connotation , the " ever - thirsting , " disclosing the traditional ambivalent image . The absence of roots in the national language mollifies the ambivalence of this name . " Thus the names transmitted to Rabelais by tradition ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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