| On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Allen, V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230100392 ISBN-13: 9780230100398 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $75.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Social History - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 306.4 |
| Series: New Middle Ages |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (0.75 lbs) 239 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |