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Page 52
If examined outside of this unity , they become one - sided , flat , and stripped of
their rich content . co y el realismo The correctness of the term grotesque as
applied to the imagery of medieval folk culture and of the Renaissance which is
linked ...
If examined outside of this unity , they become one - sided , flat , and stripped of
their rich content . co y el realismo The correctness of the term grotesque as
applied to the imagery of medieval folk culture and of the Renaissance which is
linked ...
Page 79
The theme of birth of the new was organically linked with the theme of death of
the old on a gay and degrading level , with the images of a clownish
carnivalesque uncrowning . This is why the French Noël could later develop into
one of the ...
The theme of birth of the new was organically linked with the theme of death of
the old on a gay and degrading level , with the images of a clownish
carnivalesque uncrowning . This is why the French Noël could later develop into
one of the ...
Page 325
The gaping mouth is related to the image of swallowing , this most ancient
symbol of death and destruction . At the same time , a series of banquet images
are also linked to the mouth ( to the teeth and the gullet ) . These are some of the
central ...
The gaping mouth is related to the image of swallowing , this most ancient
symbol of death and destruction . At the same time , a series of banquet images
are also linked to the mouth ( to the teeth and the gullet ) . These are some of the
central ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
Two The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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| Title | Rabelais and His World Volume 177 of M.I.T.: Literary criticism Volume 177 of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass: MIT paperback series |
| Authors | Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin, Михаил Михайлович Бахтин |
| Translated by | Hélène Iswolsky |
| Publisher | M.I.T. Press, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0262055031, 9780262055031 |
| Length | 484 pages |
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