The Benefit of Farting Explained (Oneworld Classics Gift Editions)

Swift, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 184749031X / ISBN 13: 9781847490315

Published by Alma Classics, 2008

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Benefit of Farting Explained (Oneworld Classics Gift Editions)
• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184749031X
• ISBN 13: 9781847490315
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 160 grams

About this title

Synopsis

What is the nature, essence, and definition of a fart? What are the consequences and disadvantages of suppressing one? Why is farting considered to be a taboo? Swift's treatise argues eloquently, in a forceful and posteriori fashion, that most of the distempers thought to affect the fairer sex are due to flatulences not adequately vented. To complete the excursus into this venerable and age-old human activity, Charles James Fox's "Essay upon Wind" provides a detailed analysis, classification, and history of farting, peppered with wit and curious anecdotes about particularly eminent and historic farters.

About the Author

Jonathan Swift is one of the foremost prose satirists in the English language, best known for Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal. Charles James Fox was a prominent Whig politician noted as an anti-slavery campaigner and a supporter of American independence and the French Revolution.