Between two stools scatology and its representations in English literature, Chaucer to Swift / Peter J. Smith.

Author/creator Smith, Peter J., 1964-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoManchester : Manchester University Press,
Descriptionxii, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Portion of title Scatology and its representations in English literature, Chaucer to Swift
Contents 1. Turning the other cheek: scatology and its discontents in The miller's tale and The summoner's tale -- 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, Urquhart and the sense of dis-ordure -- 5. Swift's shit: poetic traditions and satiric effects -- 6. A palpable shit: topology, religion and science.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [266]-286) and index.
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LCCN 2013376787
ISBN9780719087943 (hbk.)
ISBN0719087945 (hbk.)

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