The Benefit of Farting Explained (Oneworld Classics Gift Editions) - Hardcover

Jonathan Swift

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184749031X ISBN 13: 9781847490315

Publisher: Oneworld Classics Ltd, 2008

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 taboo? Swift's "The Benefit of Farting" 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 farters of the past.

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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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oneworld Classics Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 184749031X
• ISBN 13: 9781847490315
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 150