Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture: The Devil in the Latrine.

Author / Editor
Bayless, Martha.

Title
Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture: The Devil in the Latrine.

Published
New York: Routledge, 2012.

Physical Description
xxi, 242 pp.

Description
Surveys the presence and significance of the anus and excrement in medieval culture, particularly the religious thought and literature of the age. Includes brief comments on Chaucer's references to dung, farting, and rear-ends in MilT, MerT, SumP, and the GP description of the Plowman.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Miller and His Tale
Merchant and His Tale
Summoner and His Tale
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales