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 145
... language . ( A. S. PUSHKIN , “ POEM COMPOSED DURING A SLEEPLESS NIGHT ” ) We shall examine first of all those elements of Rabelais ' language that , from the seventeenth century on , were a stumbling block for his admirers and readers ...
... language . ( A. S. PUSHKIN , “ POEM COMPOSED DURING A SLEEPLESS NIGHT ” ) We shall examine first of all those elements of Rabelais ' language that , from the seventeenth century on , were a stumbling block for his admirers and readers ...
Page 182
... language of that period was becoming for the first time the language of great literature , science , and ideology . Before this time it had been the language of folklore , of the marketplace , the street , the bazaar or the mer- chant ...
... language of that period was becoming for the first time the language of great literature , science , and ideology . Before this time it had been the language of folklore , of the marketplace , the street , the bazaar or the mer- chant ...
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... language and the struggle against it are a new and important document in the history of lin- guistic interaction . We have here two national idioms , and their interorientation not only lends a new element to the awareness of language ...
... language and the struggle against it are a new and important document in the history of lin- guistic interaction . We have here two national idioms , and their interorientation not only lends a new element to the awareness of language ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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