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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... sphere of high ide- ology and literature , but precisely because of its unofficial exis- tence , it was marked by exceptional radicalism , freedom , and ruthlessness . Having on the one hand forbidden laughter in every official sphere ...
... sphere of high ide- ology and literature , but precisely because of its unofficial exis- tence , it was marked by exceptional radicalism , freedom , and ruthlessness . Having on the one hand forbidden laughter in every official sphere ...
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... sphere we find another , broader perspective , more important historically . This sphere also belongs to reality , but it has a different dimension . Let us turn once more to the images of the Picrochole war . They are based , as we ...
... sphere we find another , broader perspective , more important historically . This sphere also belongs to reality , but it has a different dimension . Let us turn once more to the images of the Picrochole war . They are based , as we ...
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... sphere of literary and artistic creation it is impossible to overcome through abstract thought alone , within the system of a unique language , that deep dogmatism hidden in all the forms of this sys- tem . The completely new , self ...
... sphere of literary and artistic creation it is impossible to overcome through abstract thought alone , within the system of a unique language , that deep dogmatism hidden in all the forms of this sys- tem . The completely new , self ...
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