On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages

Author / Editor
Allen, Valerie.

Title
On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages

Published
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Physical Description
xii, 239 pp. 7 b&w illus.

Description
Considers the imagery and implications of flatulence, wind, excrement, and refuse in medieval culture, considering anecdotes, visual imagery, religious commentary, and other literature. Occasional mention of Chaucer's works, with focused attention to SumT, commenting on its puns, associations of excrement with gold, and alignment of flatulence with inspiration.

Chaucer Subjects
Summoner and His Tale.