On Farting Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2007, 2007
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| Series: | The New Middle Ages
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | XIII, 239 p. 6 illus online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230109063 |