Biography, Literature and Literary Studies, History and Criticism, General, Ancient, Classical and Medieval
On Farting

On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages

Hardback Published on: 19/07/2007
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Synopsis

This book presents waste as an aesthetic category that introduces an arsy-versy world where detritus is precious. This aesthetic is applied in the second part to etymology, poking through the 'paternal dungheaps' of words, and tracing their origins not to Eden but to Babel, puns, and word play.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
  • ISBN: 9780312234935
  • Number of pages: 239
  • Dimensions: 216 x 145 x 22 mm
  • Weight: 472g
  • Languages: English