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Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN-13: 978–1–4039–8488–3 ISBN-10: 1–4039–8488–3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Morrison, Susan Signe, 1959– Excrement in the late Middle Ages : sacred fi lth and Chaucer’s fecopoetics / by Susan Signe Morrison. p. cm.—(New Middle Ages) This book examines medieval discourse on excrement. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1–4039–8488–3 1. Feces in literature. 2. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Canterbury tales. 3. Literature, Medieval—History and criticism. 4. Feces—Symbolic aspects. 5. Symbolism in literature. 6. Body, Human, in literature. 7. Sanitation in literature. 8. Refuse and refuse disposal in literature. I. Title. PR1933.F43M67 2008 821(cid:1).1—dc22 2008003859 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: September 2008 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. 99778811440033998844888833ttss0011..iinndddd vviiiiii 77//77//22000088 33::1199::0066 PPMM CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction 1 Part I The Medieval Body: Disciplining Material and Symbolic Excrement 2 The Rhizomatic Body 15 3 Moral Filth and the Sinning Body: Hell, Purgatory, Resurrection 25 4 Gendered Filth 45 Part II Chaucerian Fecopoetics 5 Urban Excrement in The Canterbury Tales 57 6 Sacred Filth: Relics, Ritual, and Remembering in The Prioress’s Tale 73 7 The Excremental Human God and Redemptive Filth: The Pardoner’s Tale 89 8 The Rhizomatic Pilgrim Body and Alchemical Poetry 103 9 Chaucerian Fecology and Wasteways: The Nun’s Priest’s Tale 117 Part III Looking Behind, Looking Ahead 10 Looking Behind 129 11 Waste Studies: A Brief Introduction 139 12 Bottoms Up! A Manifesto for Waste Studies 153 Notes 159 Bibliography 225 Index 251 99778811440033998844888833ttss0011..iinndddd iixx 77//77//22000088 33::1199::0066 PPMM

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