Rabelais and His World Paperback - 2009
by Mikhail Bakhtin
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Readers widely regard Bakhtin’s study as a landmark meditation on carnival, grotesque realism, and folk humor, illuminating Rabelais and reshaping literary theory. Many praised its breadth, erudition, and contemporary relevance, noting its value for teaching and for understanding writers from Cervantes and Shakespeare to Melville and Dostoevsky. Common criticisms call it dense, repetitive, and overlong, with some saying the introduction contains the core argument and the rest is exhaustive illustration. Overall, it is demanding but rewarding, inspiring renewed interest in Rabelais and in laughter as cultural resistance.
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- Title Rabelais and His World
- Author Mikhail Bakhtin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Indiana University Press, Bloomington
- Publication date 2009-01
- ISBN 9780253203410 / 0253203414
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 8.25 x 5.5 x 1.08 in (20.96 x 13.97 x 2.74 cm)
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Library of Congress subjects Rabelais, Francois - Criticism and
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 84047792
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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