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Between two stools
Scatology and its representations in English literature, Chaucer to Swift
Buch von Peter J. Smith
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
Über den Autor
Peter J. Smith is Professor of Political Science at Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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. A palpable shit: topology, religion and science
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780719087943
ISBN-10: 0719087945
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Smith, Peter J.
Hersteller: Manchester University Press
Maße: 222 x 145 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Peter J. Smith
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2012
Gewicht: 0,565 kg
Artikel-ID: 123699794
Über den Autor
Peter J. Smith is Professor of Political Science at Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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. A palpable shit: topology, religion and science
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780719087943
ISBN-10: 0719087945
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Smith, Peter J.
Hersteller: Manchester University Press
Maße: 222 x 145 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Peter J. Smith
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2012
Gewicht: 0,565 kg
Artikel-ID: 123699794
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