An engaging and lively tour through the scatological, the flatulent and the cloacal in English literature over four centuries. Will appeal to cultural historians, and English literature scholars and students. A serious investigation into how the scatological impulse has been represented in literature, from Chaucer to Swift. It will be of interest to students of English literature and cultural history.
An engaging and lively tour through the scatological, the flatulent and the cloacal in English literature over four centuries. Will appeal to cultural historians, and English literature scholars and students. A serious investigation into how the scatological impulse has been represented in literature, from Chaucer to Swift. It will be of interest to students of English literature and cultural history.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Turning the other cheek: scatology and its discontents in The Miller's and The Summoner's Tales 2. Ajax by any other name would smell as sweet: Shakespeare, Harington and onomastic scatology 3. M.O.A.I. 'What should that alphabetical position portend?': Shakespeare, Harington, Reynolds and the metamorphosis of scatology 4. Cavalier scatology between two stools: Rochester, Mennes, Pepys, Urquart and the sense of dis-ordure 5. Swift's shit: poetic traditions and satiric effects 6. Palpable shit: topology, religion and science
List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Turning the other cheek: scatology and its discontents in The Miller's and The Summoner's Tales 2. Ajax by any other name would smell as sweet: Shakespeare, Harington and onomastic scatology 3. M.O.A.I. 'What should that alphabetical position portend?': Shakespeare, Harington, Reynolds and the metamorphosis of scatology 4. Cavalier scatology between two stools: Rochester, Mennes, Pepys, Urquart and the sense of dis-ordure 5. Swift's shit: poetic traditions and satiric effects 6. Palpable shit: topology, religion and science
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