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Page 79
The jokes and stories concerned especially material bodily life , and were of a
carnival type . Permission to laugh was granted simultaneously with the
permission to eat meat and to resume sexual intercourse ( forbidden during Lent
) .
The jokes and stories concerned especially material bodily life , and were of a
carnival type . Permission to laugh was granted simultaneously with the
permission to eat meat and to resume sexual intercourse ( forbidden during Lent
) .
Page 120
The genres of reduced laughter - humor , irony , sarcasm — which were to
develop as stylistic components of serious literature ( especially the novel ) were
also definitely formed . We are not concerned with the study of these phenomena
.
The genres of reduced laughter - humor , irony , sarcasm — which were to
develop as stylistic components of serious literature ( especially the novel ) were
also definitely formed . We are not concerned with the study of these phenomena
.
Page 319
They have no broader , symbolic meaning , nor are they especially expressive .
They do not participate in abuse and mockery . Wherever men laugh and curse ,
particularly in a familiar environment , their speech is filled with bodily images .
They have no broader , symbolic meaning , nor are they especially expressive .
They do not participate in abuse and mockery . Wherever men laugh and curse ,
particularly in a familiar environment , their speech is filled with bodily images .
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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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