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OverviewNow 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 second is self-disgust, an attitude characterised by withering misanthropy and hypochondria. Smith demonstrates how the combination of high and low cultures manifests the capacity to run canonical and carnivalesque together so that sanctioned and civilised artefacts and scatological humour frequently co-exist in the works under discussion, evidence of an earlier culture's aptitude (now lost) to occupy a position between two stools. Of interest to cultural and literary historians, this ground-breaking study testifies to the arrival of scatology as an academic subject, at the same time recognising that it remains if not outside, then at least at the margins of conventional scholarship. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter J. Smith , Rebecca MortimerPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9780719097614ISBN 10: 0719097614 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 01 June 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList 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. Palpable shit: topology, religion and science -- .ReviewsBetween Two Stools is a pleasure to read and makes significant contributions to the field of shiterature . It is, in sum, good shit! David Palumbo, The THE, 04/10/2012 -- David Palumbo,. The THE Between Two Stools is a pleasure to read and makes significant contributions to the field of shiterature . It is, in sum, good shit! David Palumbo, The THE, 04/10/2012 -- David Palumbo. THE Author InformationPeter J. Smith is Reader in Renaissance Literature, Nottingham Trent University -- . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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