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Page 38
tesque was that of the principle of laughter . This element of course remained ,
since no grotesque , even the most timid , is conceivable in the atmosphere of
absolute seriousness . But laughter was cut down to cold humor , irony , sarcasm
.
tesque was that of the principle of laughter . This element of course remained ,
since no grotesque , even the most timid , is conceivable in the atmosphere of
absolute seriousness . But laughter was cut down to cold humor , irony , sarcasm
.
Page 67
The attitude toward laughter of the seventeenth century and of the years that
followed can be characterized thus . Laughter is not a universal , philosophical
form . It can refer only to individual and individually typical phenomena of social
life .
The attitude toward laughter of the seventeenth century and of the years that
followed can be characterized thus . Laughter is not a universal , philosophical
form . It can refer only to individual and individually typical phenomena of social
life .
Page 71
Let us stress once more that for the Renaissance ( as for the antique sources
described above ) the characteristic trait of laughter was precisely the recognition
of its positive , regenerating , creative meaning . This clearly distinguishes it from
...
Let us stress once more that for the Renaissance ( as for the antique sources
described above ) the characteristic trait of laughter was precisely the recognition
of its positive , regenerating , creative meaning . This clearly distinguishes it from
...
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Contents
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
THREE PopularFestive Forms and Images in Rabelais | 196 |
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| Title | Rabelais and His World A Midland book ; MB 341 Volume 341 of Midland books |
| Authors | Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin, Mikhail Mikha?ilovich Bakhtin |
| Translated by | Hélène Iswolsky |
| Contributor | Michael Holquist |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0253348307, 9780253348302 |
| Length | 484 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / French Literary Criticism / Medieval |
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