Title: Between two stools : scatology and its representations in English literature, Chaucer to Swift /
Authors: Smith, Peter J., 1964-
Publisher: Manchester University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Scatology in literature.; Feces in literature.; English literature History and criticism; English literature History and criticism
Contents: 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.