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 173
... fear and suffering , the two leading motives of medieval ideology . The image of defecation from fear is a traditional debasement not of the coward only but of fear itself ; this is one of the important variants of the " Malbrough theme ...
... fear and suffering , the two leading motives of medieval ideology . The image of defecation from fear is a traditional debasement not of the coward only but of fear itself ; this is one of the important variants of the " Malbrough theme ...
Page 174
... fear is that it usually opens the back door of the rotunda where fecal guests await their turn to emerge . ( Book 4 , Chapter 67 ) Further , Rabelais tells the story of Pantolfe de la Cassina of Siena , who suffered from constipation ...
... fear is that it usually opens the back door of the rotunda where fecal guests await their turn to emerge . ( Book 4 , Chapter 67 ) Further , Rabelais tells the story of Pantolfe de la Cassina of Siena , who suffered from constipation ...
Page 336
... fear ( as any other fear ) is de- feated by laughter . Therefore dung and urine , as comic matter that can be interpreted bodily , play an important part in these images . They appear in hyperbolic quantities and cosmic dimensions . Cos ...
... fear ( as any other fear ) is de- feated by laughter . Therefore dung and urine , as comic matter that can be interpreted bodily , play an important part in these images . They appear in hyperbolic quantities and cosmic dimensions . Cos ...
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