tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post6495563294412494835..comments2023-09-30T08:53:15.486-07:00Comments on Shelly Lowenkopf's Blog: The Carnival and the Grotesque: Some Words on Humorlowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-82384545880607558832008-04-07T04:39:00.000-07:002008-04-07T04:39:00.000-07:00Thanks for helping a teeny bit on my art history p...Thanks for helping a teeny bit on my art history paper. And any reminder of Skink is always welcome.<BR/><BR/>One of the folks I'm citing quite a lot, Michael Camille, derives much goodness from Bakhtin -- but I've been wrestling with whether these perspectives "fit" the intent of those who created the wild carnival imagery often found in medieval marginalia. So far, seems to me like they "fit" our particular perspectives...not quite the same, as contrasted with the folks of the time who wrote about the manuscripts and imagery in their time.<BR/><BR/>BTW, my next course up? The only arts-and-letters offering this Fall -- "The Nature of Comedy." :-)Lori Witzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04744273435691506484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-1596593975929820712008-04-07T03:06:00.000-07:002008-04-07T03:06:00.000-07:00Bakhtin says the Baba Yaga was Pantagruel's mother...Bakhtin says the Baba Yaga was Pantagruel's mother.<BR/>Hiaassen is mum of the subject.R.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.com