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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... medieval laughter was destined to change . Its wide popular character , its radicalism and freedom , soberness and materiality were transferred from an almost elemental condi- tion to a state of artistic awareness and purposefulness ...
... medieval laughter was destined to change . Its wide popular character , its radicalism and freedom , soberness and materiality were transferred from an almost elemental condi- tion to a state of artistic awareness and purposefulness ...
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... medieval folk humor as a whole.30 Medieval parody , especially before the twelfth century , was not concerned with the negative , the imperfections of specific cults , ecclesiastic orders , or scholars which could be the object of ...
... medieval folk humor as a whole.30 Medieval parody , especially before the twelfth century , was not concerned with the negative , the imperfections of specific cults , ecclesiastic orders , or scholars which could be the object of ...
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Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin. another scribed above . Medieval laughter is directed at the same object as medieval seriousness . Not only does laughter make no exception for the upper stratum , but indeed it is usually directed toward it ...
Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin. another scribed above . Medieval laughter is directed at the same object as medieval seriousness . Not only does laughter make no exception for the upper stratum , but indeed it is usually directed toward it ...
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