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 110
... contains many special terms referring to different branches of knowledge and technology . Finally , it contains a great number of new and difficult words which Rabelais was the first to introduce into the French language . It is obvious ...
... contains many special terms referring to different branches of knowledge and technology . Finally , it contains a great number of new and difficult words which Rabelais was the first to introduce into the French language . It is obvious ...
Page 137
... contains a number of observations which were valuable and new for that time , concerning the epoch when the novel was written as well as the various aspects of Ra- belais ' work . Some of these observations were accepted ; but from our ...
... contains a number of observations which were valuable and new for that time , concerning the epoch when the novel was written as well as the various aspects of Ra- belais ' work . Some of these observations were accepted ; but from our ...
Page 396
... contain this story , but a farce of 1540 alludes to the episode as to something commonly known . One of the new oral variants of the legend , recorded by Sébillot , 8 also contains this incident . The heroes of folk humor often descend ...
... contain this story , but a farce of 1540 alludes to the episode as to something commonly known . One of the new oral variants of the legend , recorded by Sébillot , 8 also contains this incident . The heroes of folk humor often descend ...
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