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 168
... familiar tone of the further conversation with the readers , or more correctly speaking , with the listeners , since the style of the pro- logue is that of oral speech . Abuse and praise are mingled in this address . The positive ...
... familiar tone of the further conversation with the readers , or more correctly speaking , with the listeners , since the style of the pro- logue is that of oral speech . Abuse and praise are mingled in this address . The positive ...
Page 188
... familiar intercourse , who are frank and free in expressing themselves verbally . The marketplace crowd was such a collectiv- ity , especially the festive , carnivalesque crowd at the fair . The character of the elements capable of ...
... familiar intercourse , who are frank and free in expressing themselves verbally . The marketplace crowd was such a collectiv- ity , especially the festive , carnivalesque crowd at the fair . The character of the elements capable of ...
Page 380
... familiar , fearless tones . In other words , the episode is not an isolated commonplace obscenity of our modern ... familiar popular , carnivalesque gesture of little Gargantua , transforming everything into swabs , uncrowning and ...
... familiar , fearless tones . In other words , the episode is not an isolated commonplace obscenity of our modern ... familiar popular , carnivalesque gesture of little Gargantua , transforming everything into swabs , uncrowning and ...
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