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The true nature of human festivity was betrayed and distorted . But this true
festive character was indestructible ; it had to be tolerated and even legalized
outside the official sphere and had to be turned over to the popular sphere of the
...
The true nature of human festivity was betrayed and distorted . But this true
festive character was indestructible ; it had to be tolerated and even legalized
outside the official sphere and had to be turned over to the popular sphere of the
...
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The men of that time well understood Rabelais ' deeply revolutionary spirit , but
they could not offer a new and true interpretation of that spirit . The most important
document related to this subject is Ginguené ' s book published in 1791 ...
The men of that time well understood Rabelais ' deeply revolutionary spirit , but
they could not offer a new and true interpretation of that spirit . The most important
document related to this subject is Ginguené ' s book published in 1791 ...
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Carnival became the symbol and incarnation of the true folk festival , completely
independent of Church and State but tolerated by them . This was true of the
Roman carnival described by Goethe in his famous sketch in 1788 ; and true also
of ...
Carnival became the symbol and incarnation of the true folk festival , completely
independent of Church and State but tolerated by them . This was true of the
Roman carnival described by Goethe in his famous sketch in 1788 ; and true also
of ...
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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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