On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages

Allen, V.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-05-13

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780230100398

DOI: 10.1057/9780230109063

Dimensions: 216.0cm x140.0cm

Pages: 239.0