Excrement in the late Middle Ages : sacred filth and Chaucer's fecopoetics / Susan Signe Morrison.
| Author/creator | Morrison, Susan Signe, 1959- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. |
| Description | xiii, 271 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | The new Middle Ages New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)) ^A688344 |
| Contents | Introduction -- The medieval body : disciplining material and symbolic excrement -- The rhizomatic body -- Moral filth and the sinning body : hell purgatory, resurrection -- Gendered filth -- Chaucerian fecopoetics -- Urban excrement in The Canterbury tales -- Sacred filth : relics, ritual, and remembering in The prioress's tale -- The excremental human god and redemptive filth : The pardoner's tale -- The rhizomatic pilgrim body and alchemical poetry -- Chaucerian fecology and wasteways : The nun's priest's tale -- Looking behind, looking ahead -- Looking behind -- Waste studies : a brief introduction -- Bottoms up! A manifesto for waste studies. |
| General note | This book examines medieval discourse on excrement. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-250) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008003859 |
| ISBN | 1403984883 |
| ISBN | 9781403984883 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR 1933.F43 M67 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |