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 115
... typical char- acter , commentators began to look for a specific individual . Of course popular - festive laughter admits allusions to distinct personages . But these allusions are only an overtone of the gro- tesque images , whereas the ...
... typical char- acter , commentators began to look for a specific individual . Of course popular - festive laughter admits allusions to distinct personages . But these allusions are only an overtone of the gro- tesque images , whereas the ...
Page 328
... typical grotesque hyperbola ) ; Saint Pansard ( St. Paunch- man ) and Mardi Gras belong to this gay race . Saint Pansard's ironic name was associated with carnival , and King Carnival , himself , is related to the family of fat paunches ...
... typical grotesque hyperbola ) ; Saint Pansard ( St. Paunch- man ) and Mardi Gras belong to this gay race . Saint Pansard's ironic name was associated with carnival , and King Carnival , himself , is related to the family of fat paunches ...
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... typical recreation of the medieval cleric ( as is the majority of medieval parodies ) ; in this genre , speaking like the eulogists of the " feast of fools , " folly inherent in man ( in the ambivalent sense ) must freely express itself ...
... typical recreation of the medieval cleric ( as is the majority of medieval parodies ) ; in this genre , speaking like the eulogists of the " feast of fools , " folly inherent in man ( in the ambivalent sense ) must freely express itself ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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