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... folk humor which as yet has been scarcely understood or analyzed . But first of all it is necessary to take pos- session of this key . The aim of the present introduction is to pose the problem pre- sented by the culture of folk humor ...
... folk humor which as yet has been scarcely understood or analyzed . But first of all it is necessary to take pos- session of this key . The aim of the present introduction is to pose the problem pre- sented by the culture of folk humor ...
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... folk humor but the work of Rabelais . The sphere of folk humor is boundless and , as we have said , pre- sents a great variety of manifestations . As far as this culture is concerned , our problem is purely theoretical : to show the ...
... folk humor but the work of Rabelais . The sphere of folk humor is boundless and , as we have said , pre- sents a great variety of manifestations . As far as this culture is concerned , our problem is purely theoretical : to show the ...
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... folk humor in bygone years , to grasp its philosophy , its universalism , its ambivalence , and its link with time . All of these have been almost entirely lost in modern humor . The fact that Febvre ignores this folk culture leads him ...
... folk humor in bygone years , to grasp its philosophy , its universalism , its ambivalence , and its link with time . All of these have been almost entirely lost in modern humor . The fact that Febvre ignores this folk culture leads him ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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Abel Lefranc ambivalent ancient antique aspect banquet images birth blazons bodily lower stratum carnival carnival spirit carnivalesque Chapter character comic completely concept culture death debasement devil diableries drink earth elements entire episode especially expressed familiar fear feast of fools festive folk culture forms Fourth Book François Rabelais Friar John Gargantua genre Goethe grotesque body grotesque image grotesque realism hell hierarchy Hippocrates historic human humor imagery important king language laugh laughter legends linked literary literature marketplace material bodily lower meaning medieval Menippus Middle Ages nature novel objects official organs Pantagruel Panurge Panurge's Paris parody peculiar phallus philosophy picture play popular popular-festive praise-abuse present prologue Pulcinella Rabe Rabelais Rabelaisian Renaissance renewal role Roman Saint satire Saturnalia Schneegans serious sixteenth century speech sphere spirit stress swabs symbol system of images tesque theme tion tone tradition transformed travesty truth typical uncrowning underworld urine utopian wine words