Rabelais and His World by Hélène Iswolsky, Michael Holquist, Krystyna Pomorska, François Rabelais, Mikhail Bakhtin

474 pages first pub 1965 (view editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In Bakhtin's view, the spirit of laughter and irreverence prevailing at carnival time is the dominant quality of Rabelais's art. The work of both Rabelais and Bakhtin springs from an age of revolution, and each reflects a particularly open sense o...

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