Rabelais and His World

Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin

Indiana University Press, Jan 1, 1984 - Literary Criticism - 484 pages

A useful reading for those interested in problems of language and text and in cultural interpretation."

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Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Бахти́н, pronounced [mʲɪxʌˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ bʌxˈtʲin]) (November 17, 1895, Oryol – March 7, 1975) was a Russian philosopher, literary critic ...

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 1
• ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter: 59
• TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais: 145

About the author

Mikhail Bakhtin was born on November 17, 1895 in Orel, Russia. He attended the University of Petrograd from 1913 to 1918, where he studied classics and philology. After graduation, he taught, wrote, and developed many of his theories. From 1945 to 1961, Bakhtin taught at the Mordovia Teachers Training College. He continued to publish works and develop theories such as that of dialogics, which contends that language evolves dynamically and both shapes and is shaped by culture. The theories are explored in Art and Answerability and The Dialogic Imagination. Bakhtin wrote several of his early works under the pseudonyms of his friends P.N. Medvedev and V.N. Voloshinov. He was persecuted under the Stalin regime for his philosophies and sentenced to six years imprisonment. A bone disease that ultimately forced the amputation of his right leg in 1938 further complicated his troubles. Bakhtin died on March 7, 1975.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Rabelais and His World; A Midland book ; MB 341; Midland Book edition; Volume 341 of Midland books
• Author: Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1984
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jun 28, 2008
• ISBN: 0253348307, 9780253348302
• Length: 484 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / French; Literary Criticism / Medieval