On Farting Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages
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.
Keywords
Literary CriticismMedievalHistoryEuropeGreat BritainSocial ScienceAnthropologyCultural & SocialSocial HistoryAncient & ClassicalLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & Comparative
2007Book
Author(s)Valerie Allen
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780312234935
LanguageEnglish
