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University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
In Pure Filth, Noah D. Guynn argues that the superficial crudeness and predictability of late medieval French farce conceal finely drawn, and sometimes quite radical, perspectives on ethics, politics, and religion. Cover -- Pure Filth -- Title --...
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In Pure Filth, Noah D. Guynn argues that the superficial crudeness and predictability of late medieval French farce conceal finely drawn, and sometimes quite radical, perspectives on ethics, politics, and religion. Cover -- Pure Filth -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- A Note on Sources -- Introduction. The Many Faces of Farce -- Chapter 1. The Wisdom of Farts: Ethics and Politics, Farce and Festive Comedy -- Chapter 2. A Justice to Come: Messianism and Eschatology in Maistre Pierre Pathelin -- Chapter 3. Sacraments and Scatology, Faith and Doubt: Andrieu de La Vigne's Mystère de Saint Martin and Its Farces -- Chapter 4. Making History: Misbehaved Women, Well-Behaved Women, and the Sexual Politics of Farce -- Afterword. Against Protoforms -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
