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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Page 455
... Italy and continued to increase during the wars in that country . Rabelais lived precisely at the time when this torrent was most unbridled . Since the close contact with Italy in- volved first the encounter of two armies , the first ...
... Italy and continued to increase during the wars in that country . Rabelais lived precisely at the time when this torrent was most unbridled . Since the close contact with Italy in- volved first the encounter of two armies , the first ...
Page 470
... Italian was such a language in relation to French . Many Italianisms made their way into French , together with Italian cul- ture and technology . As they flooded French speech they soon led to a reaction in the form of a struggle ...
... Italian was such a language in relation to French . Many Italianisms made their way into French , together with Italian cul- ture and technology . As they flooded French speech they soon led to a reaction in the form of a struggle ...
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... Italy , the similar media of the Attelanae and later of Pulcinella's own linguistic clownery were born on the confines of languages and cultures , which not only were in direct contact but were in a certain sense interwoven . We believe ...
... Italy , the similar media of the Attelanae and later of Pulcinella's own linguistic clownery were born on the confines of languages and cultures , which not only were in direct contact but were in a certain sense interwoven . We believe ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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