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 79
... especially maintained in France . The spiritual content was combined with worldly tunes and with elements of material bodily degradation . The theme of birth of the new was organically linked with the theme of death of the old on a gay ...
... especially maintained in France . The spiritual content was combined with worldly tunes and with elements of material bodily degradation . The theme of birth of the new was organically linked with the theme of death of the old on a gay ...
Page 120
... especially those concerning the aesthetics of laughter . 63 The most extensive form of reduced laughter in modern times ( especially starting with Romanticism ) is irony . This problem is treated in the interesting book of the Swiss ...
... especially those concerning the aesthetics of laughter . 63 The most extensive form of reduced laughter in modern times ( especially starting with Romanticism ) is irony . This problem is treated in the interesting book of the Swiss ...
Page 319
... especially in the comic genre . Moreover , these images predominate in the extra - official life of the people . For example , the theme of mockery and abuse is almost entirely bodily and grotesque . The body that figures in all the ...
... especially in the comic genre . Moreover , these images predominate in the extra - official life of the people . For example , the theme of mockery and abuse is almost entirely bodily and grotesque . The body that figures in all the ...
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