Rabelais and his world
By: Bakhtin, Mikhail.
Contributor(s): Iswolsky, Helene [trl].
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BookPublisher: Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1984Description: xxiii, 484p. : ill.; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780253203410.Subject(s): Criticism and interpretation | Fiction | Laughter in literature | Europe popular culture | Medieval civilizationDDC classification: 843.3 Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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