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... spirit of the Enlighteners with their narrow and artificial optimism . In rejecting this spirit the Romantic grotesque relied first of all on the tradition of the Renaissance , especially on the rediscovered Shakespeare and Cervantes ...
... spirit of the Enlighteners with their narrow and artificial optimism . In rejecting this spirit the Romantic grotesque relied first of all on the tradition of the Renaissance , especially on the rediscovered Shakespeare and Cervantes ...
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... spirit [ pneuma ] . The spirits which live in the bodies are called winds , and those outside are called air . The ... spirit , which is the cause of winter and summer ; it is cold and concentrated in winter , soft and calm in summer ...
... spirit [ pneuma ] . The spirits which live in the bodies are called winds , and those outside are called air . The ... spirit , which is the cause of winter and summer ; it is cold and concentrated in winter , soft and calm in summer ...
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... spirit that if a man abstains from food and drink , he can still go on living for two or three days and more ; but if he closes the path of the spirit to his body , he will die on that very day , so great is the need of that spirit for ...
... spirit that if a man abstains from food and drink , he can still go on living for two or three days and more ; but if he closes the path of the spirit to his body , he will die on that very day , so great is the need of that spirit for ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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