Monthly Archives: March 2010

Rabelais’s Carnival: Text, Context, Metatext

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Swany

University of California Press E-Books Collection: Kinser, Samuel. Rabelais’s Carnival: Text, Context, Metatext. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Full text.

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Le Pantagruelion ou le Discours de la Vérité 

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Swany

Persée : Portail de revues en sciences humaines et sociales: Bulletin de l’Association d’étude sur l’humanisme, la réforme et la renaissance, 1983, Volume 16 Numéro 16, pp. 18-4

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How cannabis makes thoughts tumble

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Swany

Mind Hacks: “Cannabis smokers often report that when stoned, their thoughts have a free-wheeling quality and concepts seem connected in unusual and playful ways. A study just published online in Psychiatry Research suggests that this effect may be due to … Continue reading →

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Claims that Shakespeare “turned to marijuana seeds” for inspiration

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Swany

Skin Up With Shakespeare: “However, using marijuana seeds to uncover under-lying inspiration is certainly nothing new in the world of literature. Francois Rabelais, who died about ten years before the birth of William Shakespeare, made many cryptic references to cannabis. … Continue reading →

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Illustration for Tiers Livre Chapter 41

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Swany

Gallica — Title : [Illustrations du Tiers livre des faictz et dictz héroïques du noble Pantagruel.] / François Rabelais, aut. du texte Publisher : Claude La Ville (Valence – Lyon) Date of publication : 1547-1548

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