This book presents waste as an aesthetic category that introduces an arsy-versy world where detritus is precious. This aesthetic is applied in the second part to etymology, poking through the 'paternal dungheaps' of words, and tracing their origins not to Eden but to Babel, puns, and word play.
| Autor: | Allen, V. |
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| ISBN: | 9780230100398 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 239 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Veröffentlicht: | 13.05.2010 |
| Untertitel: | Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages |
| Schlagworte: | Middle Ages death etymology flat grammar knowledge logic music nature play |
VALERIE ALLEN is Associate Professor of Literature at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, USA.