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... literature of the Middle Ages . ) Celebrations of a carnival type represented a considerable part of the life of medieval men , even in the time given over to them . Large medieval cities devoted an average of three months a year to ...
... literature of the Middle Ages . ) Celebrations of a carnival type represented a considerable part of the life of medieval men , even in the time given over to them . Large medieval cities devoted an average of three months a year to ...
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... literature as Boccaccio's Decameron , the novels of Rabelais and Cervantes , Shakespeare's dramas and comedies , and others . The walls between official and nonofficial literature were inevitably to crumble , especially be- cause in the ...
... literature as Boccaccio's Decameron , the novels of Rabelais and Cervantes , Shakespeare's dramas and comedies , and others . The walls between official and nonofficial literature were inevitably to crumble , especially be- cause in the ...
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... literature and had fertilized it . Without being aware of this fact it is impossible to understand either the culture or the literature of the sixteenth century . Of course it would be inadmis- sible to see folk humor alone in all the ...
... literature and had fertilized it . Without being aware of this fact it is impossible to understand either the culture or the literature of the sixteenth century . Of course it would be inadmis- sible to see folk humor alone in all the ...
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