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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... already been listed by the scholar Ravisius Textor , whose works were used by Rabelais . The giants and their legends are closely related to the grotesque conception of the body . We have already pointed out the role of giants in ...
... already been listed by the scholar Ravisius Textor , whose works were used by Rabelais . The giants and their legends are closely related to the grotesque conception of the body . We have already pointed out the role of giants in ...
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... already mentioned , the hero , a wealthy simonist bishop from Toledo , brings to Rome a present for the Pope , the miraculous relics of the saintly martyrs Ruphinus and Albinus . In the language of medieval travesties the names of these ...
... already mentioned , the hero , a wealthy simonist bishop from Toledo , brings to Rome a present for the Pope , the miraculous relics of the saintly martyrs Ruphinus and Albinus . In the language of medieval travesties the names of these ...
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... already mentioned that the dish for Pantagruel's gruel was actually displayed in Bourges as " the giant's bowl . " Little Pantagruel was chained to his crib , and Rabelais notes that one of the chains is preserved in La Rochelle , the ...
... already mentioned that the dish for Pantagruel's gruel was actually displayed in Bourges as " the giant's bowl . " Little Pantagruel was chained to his crib , and Rabelais notes that one of the chains is preserved in La Rochelle , 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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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