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Page 55
... antique and medieval forms of the culture of humor . The author offers an immense , most interesting , and valu- able body of material . He correctly shows the unity of the tradi- tion of humor , developed throughout antiquity and the ...
... antique and medieval forms of the culture of humor . The author offers an immense , most interesting , and valu- able body of material . He correctly shows the unity of the tradi- tion of humor , developed throughout antiquity and the ...
Page 98
... antique " biological " and " ethological " image , the dialogue , the sympo- sium , the brief scene , the anecdote and proverb . But all these ele- ments are related to the medieval tradition of laughter and are in tune with it.43 This ...
... antique " biological " and " ethological " image , the dialogue , the sympo- sium , the brief scene , the anecdote and proverb . But all these ele- ments are related to the medieval tradition of laughter and are in tune with it.43 This ...
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... antique culture tragedy did not exclude the laughing aspect of life and coexisted with it . The tragic trilogy was followed by the satyric drama which comple- mented it on the comic level . Antique tragedy did not fear laugh- ter and ...
... antique culture tragedy did not exclude the laughing aspect of life and coexisted with it . The tragic trilogy was followed by the satyric drama which comple- mented it on the comic level . Antique tragedy did not fear laugh- ter and ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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