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 180
... universal , ambivalent sense . In his letter to Cardinal Odet , the author offers a characteristic definition of the medical practice : " Hippocrates fittingly compares the practice of medicine to a strug- gle , and also to a farce with ...
... universal , ambivalent sense . In his letter to Cardinal Odet , the author offers a characteristic definition of the medical practice : " Hippocrates fittingly compares the practice of medicine to a strug- gle , and also to a farce with ...
Page 419
... universal . It was not mere chance that the ecclesiastical form of litany was chosen , for this form of pious , one - sided praise is here debased and drawn into the vast torrent of praise - abuse , reflecting the contradiction of the ...
... universal . It was not mere chance that the ecclesiastical form of litany was chosen , for this form of pious , one - sided praise is here debased and drawn into the vast torrent of praise - abuse , reflecting the contradiction of the ...
Page 436
... universal historic form is its comedy . ... Why such a march of history ? This is necessary in order that mankind could say a gay farewell to its past . " 29 This Rabelaisian system of images , which is universal and all- embracing ...
... universal historic form is its comedy . ... Why such a march of history ? This is necessary in order that mankind could say a gay farewell to its past . " 29 This Rabelaisian system of images , which is universal and all- embracing ...
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