On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages - The New Middle Ages - V. Allen - Books - Palgrave USA - 9780312234935 - July 19, 2007
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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.

239 pages, Illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released July 19, 2007
ISBN13 9780312234935
Publishers Palgrave USA
Pages 239
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 22 mm   ·   403 g
Language English  

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