On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages
- Author / Editor
- Allen, Valerie.
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.