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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... play that has been preserved , The Play in the Bower by Adam de la Halle , is a remarkable example of a purely carnival- esque vision and conception of the world . De la Halle's play con- tains in embryonic form many aspects of Rabelais ...
... play that has been preserved , The Play in the Bower by Adam de la Halle , is a remarkable example of a purely carnival- esque vision and conception of the world . De la Halle's play con- tains in embryonic form many aspects of Rabelais ...
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... Play in the Bower " ( Jeu de la Feuillée ) of the trouba- dour Adam de la Halle from Arras . This drama was written in 1262 , almost three hundred years before Rabelais . The first comic play , it presents a feast of carnival type ...
... Play in the Bower " ( Jeu de la Feuillée ) of the trouba- dour Adam de la Halle from Arras . This drama was written in 1262 , almost three hundred years before Rabelais . The first comic play , it presents a feast of carnival type ...
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... Play in the Bower " makes no pretense of being a problem play . At the same time its scope is universal . It contains no abstract , moralizing element ; it presents no comic characters , no comic situa- tions or pictures of private ...
... Play in the Bower " makes no pretense of being a problem play . At the same time its scope is universal . It contains no abstract , moralizing element ; it presents no comic characters , no comic situa- tions or pictures of private ...
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