Rabelais and His World, Revised Edition
$120.52
- Paperback
752 pages
- Release Date
25 November 2025
Summary
A new and improved translation of Mikhail Bakhtin’s classic and celebrated study of carnival.
Mikhail Bakhtin’s classic study of carnival, laughter, the grotesque, and medieval and renaissance folk culture has been the inspiration for countless new ideas in the humanities, in literature and the arts, and throughout human culture over the last half century.
Rabelais and His World is a study devoted to French Renaissance writer Fran ois Rabelais, author of Gargantua…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262553131 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262553139 |
| Author: | Mikhail Bakhtin, Caryl Emerson |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 752 |
| Release Date: | 25 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Mikhail Bakhtin
Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) was a major Russian and Soviet philosopher, philologist, and literary scholar. He is the author of Problems of Dostoevsky’s Poetics, as well as works in philosophy and on the theory of the European novel.
Sergeiy Sandler is an independent scholar who has published several major articles about the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and has translated Bakhtin’s writings into English and Hebrew. He coedits the interdisciplinary journal Language Under Discussion.
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