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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... literary masterpieces such as Shakespeare , Dante , Rabelais , not only that which they contain already , as a complete , entirely assimilated product , but also the seeds of that which is to come , in other words , all that is to be ...
... literary masterpieces such as Shakespeare , Dante , Rabelais , not only that which they contain already , as a complete , entirely assimilated product , but also the seeds of that which is to come , in other words , all that is to be ...
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... literary critics did not change this situation substantially . Rabelais , one of the greatest realists of world literature , was for a long time almost totally ignored . There was a short article of a mainly informative character by ...
... literary critics did not change this situation substantially . Rabelais , one of the greatest realists of world literature , was for a long time almost totally ignored . There was a short article of a mainly informative character by ...
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... literary or scientific terminology . The virginal words of the oral vernacular which entered literary language for the first time are close , in a certain sense , to proper nouns . They are individualized and still contain a strong ...
... literary or scientific terminology . The virginal words of the oral vernacular which entered literary language for the first time are close , in a certain sense , to proper nouns . They are individualized and still contain a strong ...
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