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<p>Now available in paperback, Between two stools investigates the representation of scatology – humorous, carnivalesque, satirical, damning and otherwise – in English literature from the middle ages to the eighteenth century. <br><br>Smith contends that the ‘two stools’ stand for two broadly distinctive attitudes towards scatology. The first is a carnivalesque, merry, even hearty disposition, typified by the writings of Chaucer and Shakespeare. The second is self-disgust, an attitude characteri

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Author

Peter J Smith; Matthew Frost; Manchester University Press

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780719098796

Category

literary studies

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Literary Criticism

Updated

2026-03-25