Rabelais and His World
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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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.
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
