Rabelais and His World (häftad)
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
512
Utgivningsdatum
2009-01-09
Upplaga
New ed
Förlag
Indiana University Press
Översättare
Helene Iswolsky
Originalspråk
Russian
Medarbetare
Pomorska, Krystyna (foreword)/Holquist, Michael (introd.)
Illustrationer
black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
212 x 140 x 30 mm
Vikt
550 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
141:B&W 5.5 x 8.25 in or 210 x 140 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780253203410

Rabelais and His World

Häftad,  Engelska, 2009-01-09

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This classic work by the Russian philosopher and literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) examines popular humor and folk culture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. One of the essential texts of a theorist who is rapidly becoming a major reference in contemporary thought, Rabelais and His World is essential reading for anyone interested in problems of language and text and in cultural interpretation.
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FOREWORD Krystyna Pomorska PROLOGUE Michael Holquist INTRODUCTION ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais THREE Popular-Festive Forms and Images in Rabelais FOUR Banquet Imagery in Rabelais FIVE The Grotesque Image of the Body and Its Sources SIX Images of the Material Bodily Lower Stratum SEVEN Rabelais Images and His Time INDEX