1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009886170403321

Titolo

Soil biodiversity in Amazonian and other Brazilian ecosystems [Risorsa elettronica] / edited by F. M. S. Moreira and J. O. Siqueira and L. Brussaard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, U.K. ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI Pub. : Ovid [distributor], 2006

ISBN

9781845930325

Disciplina

577.5

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910479929603321

Autore

Smith Peter J. <1964->

Titolo

Between two stools : Scatology and its representations in English literature, Chaucer to Swift / / Peter J. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7190-9879-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

820.93561

Soggetti

English literature - Middle English

English literature - Early modern

Feces in literature

Scatology in literature

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2012.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

A serious investigation into how the scatological impulse has been represented in literature, from Chaucer to Swift, this book will be of interest to students of English literature and cultural history.