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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... Renaissance which is linked to it can raise no doubts whatever . But how can our term grotesque realism be justified ? We can offer only a preliminary answer to this question here . The characteristic traits which mark the sharp ...
... Renaissance which is linked to it can raise no doubts whatever . But how can our term grotesque realism be justified ? We can offer only a preliminary answer to this question here . The characteristic traits which mark the sharp ...
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... Renaissance merely through scholarly and bookish sources , through an individual ideological search and " intellec- tual effort . " He is right in stating that the Renaissance was pre- pared by the Middle Ages , and especially by the ...
... Renaissance merely through scholarly and bookish sources , through an individual ideological search and " intellec- tual effort . " He is right in stating that the Renaissance was pre- pared by the Middle Ages , and especially by the ...
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... Renaissance the feudal structure was nearing its end , but its ideological domination of the human mind was still extremely powerful . Where could the Renaissance find support in the struggle against the official culture of the Middle ...
... Renaissance the feudal structure was nearing its end , but its ideological domination of the human mind was still extremely powerful . Where could the Renaissance find support in the struggle against the official culture of the Middle ...
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