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 89
... tradition of festive meals which had com- mon roots in folklore.36 This tradition of table talk was continued 36 Up to the second part of the sixteenth century , the literature of free talk ( with prevailing material bodily themes ) was ...
... tradition of festive meals which had com- mon roots in folklore.36 This tradition of table talk was continued 36 Up to the second part of the sixteenth century , the literature of free talk ( with prevailing material bodily themes ) was ...
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... tradition and the ascetic tradition are profoundly alien to each other . The popular tradition is in no way hostile to woman and does not approach her negatively . In this tradition woman is essentially related to the material bodily ...
... tradition and the ascetic tradition are profoundly alien to each other . The popular tradition is in no way hostile to woman and does not approach her negatively . In this tradition woman is essentially related to the material bodily ...
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... tradition of prandial songs . But generally speaking , the vagante banquet images initiate a new line of individual lyric development . Such is the banquet tradition of Latin recreative literature . There can be no doubt whatever as to ...
... tradition of prandial songs . But generally speaking , the vagante banquet images initiate a new line of individual lyric development . Such is the banquet tradition of Latin recreative literature . There can be no doubt whatever as to ...
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