On Farting : Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages Hardback
by V. Allen
Part of the The New Middle Ages series
Hardback
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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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:239 pages, 6 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 239 p. 6 illus.
- Publisher:Palgrave USA
- Publication Date:19/07/2007
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- ISBN:9780312234935
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:239 pages, 6 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 239 p. 6 illus.
- Publisher:Palgrave USA
- Publication Date:19/07/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780312234935