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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Page 372
... objects used as swabs are uncrowned in order to be re- generated . Their half - effaced image reappears in a new light . In this long list every object emerges quite unexpectedly ; its appearance is completely unprepared . The images of ...
... objects used as swabs are uncrowned in order to be re- generated . Their half - effaced image reappears in a new light . In this long list every object emerges quite unexpectedly ; its appearance is completely unprepared . The images of ...
Page 455
... objects entered this field of vision . These objects were some- what late in making their appearance in France , but they poured in a mighty stream from Italy and continued to increase during the wars in that country . Rabelais lived ...
... objects entered this field of vision . These objects were some- what late in making their appearance in France , but they poured in a mighty stream from Italy and continued to increase during the wars in that country . Rabelais lived ...
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... object and of its name , or the transfer of a known object to an unexpected use and place among other objects , individualizes it in a peculiar fashion , strengthens the special na- ture of the name , and brings it nearer to the ...
... object and of its name , or the transfer of a known object to an unexpected use and place among other objects , individualizes it in a peculiar fashion , strengthens the special na- ture of the name , and brings it nearer to the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
Copyright | |
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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