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Page 285
... tone of that receding truth and doomed authority , or the tone of feeble men intimidated and filled with terror . The grotesque symposium , the carnivalesque , popular- festive or antique " table talks " provided him with the laughing tone ...
... tone of that receding truth and doomed authority , or the tone of feeble men intimidated and filled with terror . The grotesque symposium , the carnivalesque , popular- festive or antique " table talks " provided him with the laughing tone ...
Page 432
... tone , is characteristic . In the subsequent development this duality of tone subsists ; it acquires a new meaning in the nonofficial , familiar , and humorous popular spheres . Thanks to the duality of tone , the laughing people , who ...
... tone , is characteristic . In the subsequent development this duality of tone subsists ; it acquires a new meaning in the nonofficial , familiar , and humorous popular spheres . Thanks to the duality of tone , the laughing people , who ...
Page 433
... tone of the people's speech is never torn away from this whole nor from the becoming ; this is why the negative and the positive elements do not seek a separate , private , and static expression . The dual tone never wants to halt the ...
... tone of the people's speech is never torn away from this whole nor from the becoming ; this is why the negative and the positive elements do not seek a separate , private , and static expression . The dual tone never wants to halt the ...
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