Between Two Stools: Scatology and Its Representations in English Literature, Chaucer to Swift

by Peter J. Smith

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Now available in paperback, Between two stools investigates the representation of scatology - humorous, carnivalesque, satirical, damning and otherwise - in English literature from the middle ages to the eighteenth century.

Smith contends that the 'two stools' stand for two broadly distinctive attitudes towards scatology. The first is a carnivalesque, merry, even hearty disposition, typified by the writings of Chaucer and Shakespeare. The...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0719097614

ISBN13:9780719097614

Release Date:June 2015

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.86 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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