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... death . Such an opposition is completely contrary to the system of grotesque imagery , in which death is not a nega- tion of life seen as the great body of all the people but part of life as a whole - its indispensable component , the ...
... death . Such an opposition is completely contrary to the system of grotesque imagery , in which death is not a nega- tion of life seen as the great body of all the people but part of life as a whole - its indispensable component , the ...
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... death is devoid of all tragic or terrifying overtones . Death is the necessary link in the process of the people's growth and renewal . It is the " other side " of birth . Rabelais expressed this idea clearly , though somewhat rational ...
... death is devoid of all tragic or terrifying overtones . Death is the necessary link in the process of the people's growth and renewal . It is the " other side " of birth . Rabelais expressed this idea clearly , though somewhat rational ...
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... death and one section was entitled : " Deaths from laughter and joy . " 14 This interest in unusual and gay deaths was typical of Rabelais and of his time . Death is an ambivalent image for Rabelais and for the popular sources from ...
... death and one section was entitled : " Deaths from laughter and joy . " 14 This interest in unusual and gay deaths was typical of Rabelais and of his time . Death is an ambivalent image for Rabelais and for the popular sources from ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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