Bakhtin, carnival and comic theory

In Rabelais and His World, Mikhail Bakhtin presents us both with a theory of carnival, and with an account of the historical decline of the carnivalesque since the Renaissance. This thesis uses Bakhtin's work as a point of departure for an analysis of particular moments in the history of post-R...

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Main Author: Taylor, Ben
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 1995
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11052/