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 197
... king - or a pair of kings , for that matter . " ( Et mon villain debout , aisé comme un roy ou deux . ) This image of a " king " and " two kings " is here directly intro- duced in order to describe the highest degree of happiness ...
... king - or a pair of kings , for that matter . " ( Et mon villain debout , aisé comme un roy ou deux . ) This image of a " king " and " two kings " is here directly intro- duced in order to describe the highest degree of happiness ...
Page 198
... kings and clowns have the same horoscope.1 It is obvious that he also knew the Gospel story of the mock crowning , uncrowning , and scourging of " the king of the Jews . " In his novel Rabelais describes the uncrowning of two kings ...
... kings and clowns have the same horoscope.1 It is obvious that he also knew the Gospel story of the mock crowning , uncrowning , and scourging of " the king of the Jews . " In his novel Rabelais describes the uncrowning of two kings ...
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... King Anarchus clearly presents all the leading images of the first chapter : the gaping mouth , the gullet , salt , thirst , and urine ( instead of sweat ) . Pantagruel sends to King Anarchus a captured knight with a casket of ...
... King Anarchus clearly presents all the leading images of the first chapter : the gaping mouth , the gullet , salt , thirst , and urine ( instead of sweat ) . Pantagruel sends to King Anarchus a captured knight with a casket of ...
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