Rabelais and His World, Volume 10This classic work by the Russian philosopher and literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) examines popular humor and folk culture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. One of the essential texts of a theorist who is rapidly becoming a major reference in contemporary thought, Rabelais and His World is essential reading for anyone interested in problems of language and text and in cultural interpretation. |
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... Ages , Solomon's senten- tious pronouncements are contrasted to the flippant and debasing dictums of the clown ... Ages lighthearted grammatical parody was popular . The tradition went back to the previously mentioned " Grammatical ...
... Ages , Solomon's senten- tious pronouncements are contrasted to the flippant and debasing dictums of the clown ... Ages lighthearted grammatical parody was popular . The tradition went back to the previously mentioned " Grammatical ...
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... Ages and found a multiform expression in concrete sensual ele- ments of folk culture , both in ritual and spectacle . This was the second , festive life of the Middle Ages . Many figures described by Burdach as preparing the Renais ...
... Ages and found a multiform expression in concrete sensual ele- ments of folk culture , both in ritual and spectacle . This was the second , festive life of the Middle Ages . Many figures described by Burdach as preparing the Renais ...
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... Ages and in the Re- naissance . Moreover , we shall examine it not in its entirety but only within the limits permitted by the analysis of Rabelais ' work . In this respect our study can offer only a certain amount of mate- rial for the ...
... Ages and in the Re- naissance . Moreover , we shall examine it not in its entirety but only within the limits permitted by the analysis of Rabelais ' work . In this respect our study can offer only a certain amount of mate- rial for the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
Copyright | |
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