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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... meaning given to the old forms . For instance , when two persons establish friendly relations , the form of their ... meaning , and philosophical depth . Let us point out that elements of the old ritual of fraternization were preserved ...
... meaning given to the old forms . For instance , when two persons establish friendly relations , the form of their ... meaning , and philosophical depth . Let us point out that elements of the old ritual of fraternization were preserved ...
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... meaning . The deeply ambivalent nature of the wish for death is disclosed . Describing this gradual change of tone , Goethe quite cor- rectly broadens its nature : " Just as in other languages curses and obscene words are often used as ...
... meaning . The deeply ambivalent nature of the wish for death is disclosed . Describing this gradual change of tone , Goethe quite cor- rectly broadens its nature : " Just as in other languages curses and obscene words are often used as ...
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... meanings and the potentialities that would not manifest them- selves in normal conditions are revealed . 18 The expression coq - à - l'âne , meaning an absurdity and inconse- quence of speech , existed of course before the creation of ...
... meanings and the potentialities that would not manifest them- selves in normal conditions are revealed . 18 The expression coq - à - l'âne , meaning an absurdity and inconse- quence of speech , existed of course before the creation of ...
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