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 282
... images symbolized the working people , continuing to conquer life and food through struggle and labor and to absorb only that part of the world that has been con- quered and mastered . In such a system the banquet images preserve their ...
... images symbolized the working people , continuing to conquer life and food through struggle and labor and to absorb only that part of the world that has been con- quered and mastered . In such a system the banquet images preserve their ...
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... images . This element survives in our modern toasts . There is still another significant aspect of the banquet images , which we have not as yet mentioned . This is the special relation of food to death and to the underworld . The word ...
... images . This element survives in our modern toasts . There is still another significant aspect of the banquet images , which we have not as yet mentioned . This is the special relation of food to death and to the underworld . The word ...
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... image of swallowing , this most ancient symbol of death and destruction . At the same time , a series of banquet images are also linked to the mouth ( to the teeth and the gullet ) . These are some of the central images of the popular ...
... image of swallowing , this most ancient symbol of death and destruction . At the same time , a series of banquet images are also linked to the mouth ( to the teeth and the gullet ) . These are some of the central images of the popular ...
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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