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Page 53
... existed in grotesque realism , but they were not expected to build the picture of life as a whole ; they were but the dying part of the life which gave birth . The fact is that the new concept of realism has a different way of drawing ...
... existed in grotesque realism , but they were not expected to build the picture of life as a whole ; they were but the dying part of the life which gave birth . The fact is that the new concept of realism has a different way of drawing ...
Page 220
... existed in bygone centuries . In the time of Rabelais folk merriment had not as yet been con- centrated in carnival season , in any of the towns of France . Shrove Tuesday ( Mardi Gras ) was but one of many occasions for folk merriment ...
... existed in bygone centuries . In the time of Rabelais folk merriment had not as yet been con- centrated in carnival season , in any of the towns of France . Shrove Tuesday ( Mardi Gras ) was but one of many occasions for folk merriment ...
Page 325
... existed before him in literature as that of a character of the diableries ; it also existed in spoken lan- guage as a colloquial term for a hoarseness caused by excessive drinking . The colloquialism referred to the mouth , throat , to ...
... existed before him in literature as that of a character of the diableries ; it also existed in spoken lan- guage as a colloquial term for a hoarseness caused by excessive drinking . The colloquialism referred to the mouth , throat , to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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