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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... birth , of renascence ( the maternal breasts ) . Such is the meaning of " upward " and " downward " in their cosmic as- pect , while in their purely bodily aspect , which is not clearly dis- tinct from the cosmic , the upper part is the ...
... birth , of renascence ( the maternal breasts ) . Such is the meaning of " upward " and " downward " in their cosmic as- pect , while in their purely bodily aspect , which is not clearly dis- tinct from the cosmic , the upper part is the ...
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... birth ; the grave is related to the earth's life - giving womb . Birth - death , death - birth , such are the components of life itself as in the famous words of the Spirit of the Earth in Goethe's Faust.19 Death is included in life ...
... birth ; the grave is related to the earth's life - giving womb . Birth - death , death - birth , such are the components of life itself as in the famous words of the Spirit of the Earth in Goethe's Faust.19 Death is included in life ...
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... birth theme . Gargantua does not know whether to weep over his wife's death or to laugh with joy at the birth of his son . He now laughs “ like a calf ” ( a newborn animal ) , or moos " like a cow " ( birth - giving and dying ) . The ...
... birth theme . Gargantua does not know whether to weep over his wife's death or to laugh with joy at the birth of his son . He now laughs “ like a calf ” ( a newborn animal ) , or moos " like a cow " ( birth - giving and dying ) . The ...
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