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 245
... described this festivity much later , his presentation of the topic and a number of other considerations convince us that this was one of the formative experiences of his youth . In other words , it was one of those events that to a ...
... described this festivity much later , his presentation of the topic and a number of other considerations convince us that this was one of the formative experiences of his youth . In other words , it was one of those events that to a ...
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... described in the story ( rending and dismemberment of bodies , thrusts into the bodily lower stratum , drenching in urine ) . Let us note yet another trait : Panurge declares that the loss of the head is the wager of a fool . But the ...
... described in the story ( rending and dismemberment of bodies , thrusts into the bodily lower stratum , drenching in urine ) . Let us note yet another trait : Panurge declares that the loss of the head is the wager of a fool . But the ...
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... described with re- markable precision . This world , with the persons and objects it contains , has an individual and concrete character . Such fantastic events as , for instance , the pilgrims being swallowed with the salad and drowned ...
... described with re- markable precision . This world , with the persons and objects it contains , has an individual and concrete character . Such fantastic events as , for instance , the pilgrims being swallowed with the salad and drowned ...
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