Rabelais and his world

Abstract

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.

Contents

Rabelais in the history of laughter -- The language of the marketplace in Rabelais -- Popular-festive forms and images in Rabelais -- Banquet imagery in Rabelais -- The grotesque image of the body and its sources -- Images of the material bodily lower stratum -- Rabelais' images and his time.