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... tion of life itself . In opposition to interpretations of life as inert " chaos " that is transformed into organized " form " by art , Bakhtin claims that life itself ( traditionally considered " content " ) is orga- nized by human acts ...
... tion of life itself . In opposition to interpretations of life as inert " chaos " that is transformed into organized " form " by art , Bakhtin claims that life itself ( traditionally considered " content " ) is orga- nized by human acts ...
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... tion of life to death . Such an opposition is completely contrary to the system of grotesque imagery , in which death is not a nega- tion of life seen as the great body of all the people but part of life as a whole - its indispensable ...
... tion of life to death . Such an opposition is completely contrary to the system of grotesque imagery , in which death is not a nega- tion of life seen as the great body of all the people but part of life as a whole - its indispensable ...
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... tion , with cakes baked in the most secular ovens and holy water from his excellently stocked cellar . Then , he proceeded to Gar- gantua's . Before him crawled three black beadles ; behind him he dragged five or six servile and artless ...
... tion , with cakes baked in the most secular ovens and holy water from his excellently stocked cellar . Then , he proceeded to Gar- gantua's . Before him crawled three black beadles ; behind him he dragged five or six servile and artless ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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