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 172
... wine and merriment who know how to drink . As to the others , the pompous and haughty hypocrites , he chases them away from his barrel : Back , curs , to heel ! Out of my way , back from the barrel , out of the sunlight , you scum of ...
... wine and merriment who know how to drink . As to the others , the pompous and haughty hypocrites , he chases them away from his barrel : Back , curs , to heel ! Out of my way , back from the barrel , out of the sunlight , you scum of ...
Page 284
... wine than of oil . So , too , spoke a third - rate cynic about my books , but a ripe turd to the fellow ! Oh , the sweet fragrance of wine ! How much more reconciling , smiling and beguiling wine is than oil ! Let the world say that I ...
... wine than of oil . So , too , spoke a third - rate cynic about my books , but a ripe turd to the fellow ! Oh , the sweet fragrance of wine ! How much more reconciling , smiling and beguiling wine is than oil ! Let the world say that I ...
Page 291
... wine , food , abundance . This matter remains positive . There is no serious , con- sistent , ascetic tendency ... wine is always wine , even when the Pope drinks it . Bread and wine have their own truth , their own irresistible tendency ...
... wine , food , abundance . This matter remains positive . There is no serious , con- sistent , ascetic tendency ... wine is always wine , even when the Pope drinks it . Bread and wine have their own truth , their own irresistible tendency ...
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