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Page 168
... combined with elements of scholarly humanism and with a parody of Plato's Symposium . But the language of the market- place and its intonations of praise - abuse still retain the leading role . They acquire , however , a more subtle and ...
... combined with elements of scholarly humanism and with a parody of Plato's Symposium . But the language of the market- place and its intonations of praise - abuse still retain the leading role . They acquire , however , a more subtle and ...
Page 248
... combination of killing and birth is characteristic of the grotesque concept of the body and bodily life . The entire ... combined with the threat of death , but the louder the cry , the more does the threat lose its direct threatening ...
... combination of killing and birth is characteristic of the grotesque concept of the body and bodily life . The entire ... combined with the threat of death , but the louder the cry , the more does the threat lose its direct threatening ...
Page 249
... combination of killing and the act of birth in the previously mentioned side - street comedy . Actually , the same ... combined with joy , greetings , and praise . During carnival season the wish for death stirb sounds at the same time ...
... combination of killing and the act of birth in the previously mentioned side - street comedy . Actually , the same ... combined with joy , greetings , and praise . During carnival season the wish for death stirb sounds at the same time ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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