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Product Identifiers
PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN-100253203414
ISBN-139780253203410
eBay Product ID (ePID)78549
Product Key Features
Number of Pages277 Pages
Publication NameRabelais and His World
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
SubjectEuropean / French, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Russian & Former Soviet Union
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science
AuthorMikhail Bakhtin
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height1 in
Item Weight20 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN84-047792
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Table Of ContentFOREWORD Krystyna Pomorska PROLOGUE Michael Holquist INTRODUCTION ONE Rabelais in the History of LaughterTWO The Language of the Marketplace in RabelaisTHREE Popular-Festive Forms and Images in RabelaisFOUR Banquet Imagery in RabelaisFIVE The Grotesque Image of the Body and Its SourcesSIX Images of the Material Bodily Lower StratumSEVEN Rabelais Images and His Time INDEX
SynopsisOne 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., 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.