Literature on the History of Carnival?

[gruntingslime]

Anyone know any good texts, fiction or non fiction, on the history of carnival in europe?

[JBI]

Rabelais and His World is the classic example still, I believe.

[Charles Darnay]

Are we talking about "carnival" as a literary movement, or carnival as in rides and games and such?

If it's the former, Rabelais and Bahktin are the places to look