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. Russian philosopher, literary critic, semiotician and scholar who worked on literary theory, ethics, and the philosophy of language. His writings, on a variety of subjects, inspired scholars working in a number of different traditions (Marxism, semiotics, structuralism, religious criticism) and in disciplines as diverse as literary criticism, history, philosophy, anthropology and psychology. Although Bakhtin was active in the debates on aesthetics and literature that took place in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, his distinctive position did not become well known until he was rediscovered by Russian scholars in the 1960s., Daughter of a Russian diplomat. Grew up in Japan, Denmark, Russia, and France. After her conversion to the Catholic faith she became an ecumenist, dedicated to healing the rift between the Eastern and Western churches. Founded "The Third Hour," an ecumenical movement in the U.S. While living in France she worked for Emmanuel Mounier's journal "Esprit" and attended the gatherings of Jacques Maritain and Nicholas Berdiaev. Exiled Russian president Alexander Kerensky helped her and her mother escape to America during the Nazi occupation of France. A close friend of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement. Also known as Helen Iswolsky.
图书标准信息
作者 M Bakhtin
出版社 Indiana University Press
出版时间 1984-09
ISBN 9780253203410
装帧 其他
开本 其他
纸张 其他
【内容简介】
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 referen
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