Between two stools : scatology and its representations in English literature, Chaucer to Swift /: scatology and its representations in English literature, Chaucer to Swift. ([2012])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter J. Smith.
• Authors: Smith, Peter J, 1964-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 820.93561; Literature: History & Criticism; Scatology in literature; Feces in literature; English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literatur; Englisch; Skatologie; English literature -- Early modern; English literature -- Middle English; Feces in literature; Scatology in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM -- General; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780719098796; 0719098793
• Related ISBNs: 9780719097614; 0719097614; 9780719087943; 0719087945
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 29, 2015)
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