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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... lines of devel- opment can be traced . The first line is the modernist form ( Alfred Jarry ) , connected in various degrees with the Romantic tradition and evolved under the influence of existentialism . The second line is the realist ...
... lines of devel- opment can be traced . The first line is the modernist form ( Alfred Jarry ) , connected in various degrees with the Romantic tradition and evolved under the influence of existentialism . The second line is the realist ...
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... lines it is clear that among all the works of belles lettres , in the true sense of the word , Montaigne prefers precisely those which are amusing and gay , since by books of comfort and advice he means not belles lettres but works of ...
... lines it is clear that among all the works of belles lettres , in the true sense of the word , Montaigne prefers precisely those which are amusing and gay , since by books of comfort and advice he means not belles lettres but works of ...
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... lines of thought : the popular comic tradition ; and the ascetic tendency of medieval Christianity , which saw in woman the incarnation of sin , the temptation of the flesh . The latter often borrowed its sym- bols from the comic line ...
... lines of thought : the popular comic tradition ; and the ascetic tendency of medieval Christianity , which saw in woman the incarnation of sin , the temptation of the flesh . The latter often borrowed its sym- bols from the comic line ...
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