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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... book's distinctiveness . Soviets who objected - and still object - to the book see in it a dimension that foreign scholars often miss as they hastily note obvious par- allels between Bakhtin's scathing references to the Catholic church ...
... book's distinctiveness . Soviets who objected - and still object - to the book see in it a dimension that foreign scholars often miss as they hastily note obvious par- allels between Bakhtin's scathing references to the Catholic church ...
Page 162
... Book Rabelais resumes this theme and bases the curative power of laughter on the teaching of Hippoc- rates , Galen , Plato , and others . Having enumerated the " Chronicles " ' merits in the prologue of the Second Book , the author ...
... Book Rabelais resumes this theme and bases the curative power of laughter on the teaching of Hippoc- rates , Galen , Plato , and others . Having enumerated the " Chronicles " ' merits in the prologue of the Second Book , the author ...
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... Book . They dominate in the carnivalesque war of sausages . We also find in this book the episode of the Gastrolaters and the longest list of foods of all world literature , not to mention the famous praise of Master Gaster and of his ...
... Book . They dominate in the carnivalesque war of sausages . We also find in this book the episode of the Gastrolaters and the longest list of foods of all world literature , not to mention the famous praise of Master Gaster and of his ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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Abel Lefranc ambivalent ancient antique aspect Bakhtin banquet images birth blazons bodily lower stratum carnival carnival spirit carnivalesque Chapter character church comic completely concept culture death debasement devil diableries earth elements entire episode especially expressed familiar fear feast of fools festive folk culture Fourth Book François Rabelais Friar John Gargantua genre Goethe grotesque body grotesque image grotesque realism hell Hippocrates historic human humor ideological imagery important interpretation king language laugh laughter legends linked literary literature marketplace material bodily lower meaning medieval Menippus Middle Ages novel objects official organs Pantagruel Panurge Panurge's Paris parody peculiar phallus philosophy picture play popular popular-festive praise-abuse present prologue Pulcinella Rabe Rabelais Rabelaisian Renaissance renewal role Roman Saint satire Saturnalia Schneegans serious sixteenth century speech sphere spirit stress swabs symbol system of images tesque theme tion tone tradition transformed travesty truth typical uncrowning underworld urine utopian wine words