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... sources of the Rabe- laisian philosophy of laughter . They influenced not only Joubert's treatise but also the opinions current in literary and humanist circles concerning the meaning and virtue of laughter . All three sources define ...
... sources of the Rabe- laisian philosophy of laughter . They influenced not only Joubert's treatise but also the opinions current in literary and humanist circles concerning the meaning and virtue of laughter . All three sources define ...
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... sources , was not com- pletely adequate to the true practice of laughter of that period . This philosophy did not reflect that which was essential , the his- torical orientation of this laughter . Literary as well as other documents of ...
... sources , was not com- pletely adequate to the true practice of laughter of that period . This philosophy did not reflect that which was essential , the his- torical orientation of this laughter . Literary as well as other documents of ...
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... sources of the grotesque body , confining ourselves to Rabelais ' immediate source material . The grotesque concept of the body lived especially in the familiar and colloquial forms of the language . The grotesque was the basis of all ...
... sources of the grotesque body , confining ourselves to Rabelais ' immediate source material . The grotesque concept of the body lived especially in the familiar and colloquial forms of the language . The grotesque was the basis of all ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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