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 81
... renewal of vegetation , and to the succession of agricultural seasons . In this succession all that is new or renews , all that is about to draw nearer is emphasized as a posi- tive element . And this element acquires a wider and deeper ...
... renewal of vegetation , and to the succession of agricultural seasons . In this succession all that is new or renews , all that is about to draw nearer is emphasized as a posi- tive element . And this element acquires a wider and deeper ...
Page 175
... renewal is alive in it . We have already sought to prove this , and we find here further substantiation . Speaking of the masochism of the gloomy slanderers , Rabelais also mentions sexual stimulus together with defecation . At the end ...
... renewal is alive in it . We have already sought to prove this , and we find here further substantiation . Speaking of the masochism of the gloomy slanderers , Rabelais also mentions sexual stimulus together with defecation . At the end ...
Page 253
... renewal presented both by separate indivi- duals and by all of humanity : You may note in general that in human life there is often a turning point ; if everything favored a man in his youth and he was success- ful in everything , now ...
... renewal presented both by separate indivi- duals and by all of humanity : You may note in general that in human life there is often a turning point ; if everything favored a man in his youth and he was success- ful in everything , now ...
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