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Page 148
... episode in which a " vile - smelling vessel , " that is , a chamber pot , is thrown at the head of Odysseus . A similar episode is presented in a satyric drama by Sophocles , " The Feast of the Achaeans , " which has been preserved ...
... episode in which a " vile - smelling vessel , " that is , a chamber pot , is thrown at the head of Odysseus . A similar episode is presented in a satyric drama by Sophocles , " The Feast of the Achaeans , " which has been preserved ...
Page 229
... episode travesties the festive theme of the Jubilee year and of the Gospel text . In the Second Book we also find an episode describing Panurge's unsuccessful attempt to gain the attention of a noble lady . Being rejected by her , he ...
... episode travesties the festive theme of the Jubilee year and of the Gospel text . In the Second Book we also find an episode describing Panurge's unsuccessful attempt to gain the attention of a noble lady . Being rejected by her , he ...
Page 280
... episode of the Gastrolaters and the longest list of foods of all world literature , not to mention the famous praise of Master Gaster and of his inventions . Food and the swallowing of food are vividly presented in the description of ...
... episode of the Gastrolaters and the longest list of foods of all world literature , not to mention the famous praise of Master Gaster and of his inventions . Food and the swallowing of food are vividly presented in the description of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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