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 106
... festive theme and images can be found in a somewhat different aspect in the works of the libertine poets : Saint - Amant , Théophile Viau , d'Assouci . These works preserve the philosophical meaning of the images but acquire an ...
... festive theme and images can be found in a somewhat different aspect in the works of the libertine poets : Saint - Amant , Théophile Viau , d'Assouci . These works preserve the philosophical meaning of the images but acquire an ...
Page 211
... festive system of images which he inherited . He did not create this system , but it rose in him to a higher level of historical development . But perhaps all these images are nothing but a dead and crip- pling tradition ? Perhaps these ...
... festive system of images which he inherited . He did not create this system , but it rose in him to a higher level of historical development . But perhaps all these images are nothing but a dead and crip- pling tradition ? Perhaps these ...
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... festive elements and the influence of the oral tradition of legendary giants . This work had in its turn an influence on Rabelais . We must stress the role of popular - festive giants . They were com- mon figures in the shows produced ...
... festive elements and the influence of the oral tradition of legendary giants . This work had in its turn an influence on Rabelais . We must stress the role of popular - festive giants . They were com- mon figures in the shows produced ...
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