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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... various later editions up to that of M. A. L. Sardou in 1874- 1876 , which gave a summary of all the keys . Various decipherings were added to the 1663 Amsterdam edition . It offers , for instance , a characteristic historic ...
... various later editions up to that of M. A. L. Sardou in 1874- 1876 , which gave a summary of all the keys . Various decipherings were added to the 1663 Amsterdam edition . It offers , for instance , a characteristic historic ...
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... various social and professional groups , be- ginning with the Pope and cardinals . The dismemberment here ... various social groups from various parts of a god's body . ( The oldest monument of this social topography is the Rig - Veda ...
... various social and professional groups , be- ginning with the Pope and cardinals . The dismemberment here ... various social groups from various parts of a god's body . ( The oldest monument of this social topography is the Rig - Veda ...
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... various words for dishes , fish , salads , vegetables , dining ware , and various kitchen utensils . For instance , soups produce a number of these names : Clearbroth , Soupsnuffle , Pottagepiss . Meat also produces a few names ...
... various words for dishes , fish , salads , vegetables , dining ware , and various kitchen utensils . For instance , soups produce a number of these names : Clearbroth , Soupsnuffle , Pottagepiss . Meat also produces a few names ...
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