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presses not the fear of death but the fear of life . ” This assertion , expressed in
the spirit of existentialism , presents first an opposition of life to death . Such an
opposition is completely contrary to the system of grotesque imagery , in which ...
presses not the fear of death but the fear of life . ” This assertion , expressed in
the spirit of existentialism , presents first an opposition of life to death . Such an
opposition is completely contrary to the system of grotesque imagery , in which ...
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Death and death throes , labor , and childbirth are intimately interwoven . On the
other hand , these images are closely linked to laughter . When death and birth
are shown in their comic aspect , scatological images in various forms nearly ...
Death and death throes , labor , and childbirth are intimately interwoven . On the
other hand , these images are closely linked to laughter . When death and birth
are shown in their comic aspect , scatological images in various forms nearly ...
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But the celebration marks a real triumph , for life has defeated death . In Rabelais
' system of images the combination of death and laughter is characteristic . The
episode of Janotus de Bragmardo ( which we have analyzed elsewhere ) ends ...
But the celebration marks a real triumph , for life has defeated death . In Rabelais
' system of images the combination of death and laughter is characteristic . The
episode of Janotus de Bragmardo ( which we have analyzed elsewhere ) ends ...
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Contents
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
THREE PopularFestive Forms and Images in Rabelais | 196 |
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| Title | Rabelais and His World A Midland book ; MB 341 Volume 341 of Midland books |
| Authors | Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin, Mikhail Mikha?ilovich Bakhtin |
| Translated by | Hélène Iswolsky |
| Contributor | Michael Holquist |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0253348307, 9780253348302 |
| Length | 484 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / French Literary Criticism / Medieval |
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