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Page 458
... names unknown to the naturalist , but literary language did not as yet employ even general terms for them . The same ... names of diseases are of special interest in this connec- tion . These words still contain a considerable element ...
... names unknown to the naturalist , but literary language did not as yet employ even general terms for them . The same ... names of diseases are of special interest in this connec- tion . These words still contain a considerable element ...
Page 460
... names transmitted to Rabelais by tradition either orig- inally presented the character of nicknames suggesting praise - abuse or acquired this character by study of their etymology . Praise - abuse ambivalence is also found in the names ...
... names transmitted to Rabelais by tradition either orig- inally presented the character of nicknames suggesting praise - abuse or acquired this character by study of their etymology . Praise - abuse ambivalence is also found in the names ...
Page 462
... names . We have already said that for his comparisons Rabelais uses historically individualized names ( as when compar- ing pies to the bastion of Turin ) . He seeks to confer on every object a historical or topographical character ...
... names . We have already said that for his comparisons Rabelais uses historically individualized names ( as when compar- ing pies to the bastion of Turin ) . He seeks to confer on every object a historical or topographical character ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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