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 187
... elements of speech . They were and are still conceived as a breach of the established norms of verbal address ; they refuse to conform to conventions , to etiquette , civility , respectability . These elements of freedom , if present in ...
... elements of speech . They were and are still conceived as a breach of the established norms of verbal address ; they refuse to conform to conventions , to etiquette , civility , respectability . These elements of freedom , if present in ...
Page 326
... elements : earth , water , air , and fire , and each exercises his specific activity in his own sphere . A broad picture of the elements is thus unfolded . One of the four devils , whose name is Pantagruel and who represents water ...
... elements : earth , water , air , and fire , and each exercises his specific activity in his own sphere . A broad picture of the elements is thus unfolded . One of the four devils , whose name is Pantagruel and who represents water ...
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... elements but an animate being in which each part is an organ of the whole . Patrizzi proved in his Panpsychia that everything in the universe is animate , from the stars to the simplest element . This idea was also shared by Cardano ...
... elements but an animate being in which each part is an organ of the whole . Patrizzi proved in his Panpsychia that everything in the universe is animate , from the stars to the simplest element . This idea was also shared by Cardano ...
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