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 a 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.
- ISBN13 9780714546438
- Publish Date 17 May 2017 (first published 15 December 2016)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Alma Books Ltd
- Imprint Alma Classics
- Format eBook
- Language English