UID:
edocfu_9959230112302883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 316 p. )
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ill.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-991156-8
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1-299-45671-5
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0-19-990847-8
Content:
A humorous and lively history of the English language in four letters, containing original research into swearing and how Western culture's taboo words have evolved.
Note:
Formerly CIP.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. To Speak with Roman Plainness: Ancient Rome -- 2. On Earth as It Is in Heaven: The Bible -- 3. Swearing God to Pieces: The Middle Ages -- 4. The Rise of Obscenity: The Renaissance -- 5. The Age of Euphemism: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- 6. "Fuck 'Em All": Swearing in the Twentieth Century and Beyond -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- CREDITS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-049168-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-974267-7
Language:
English
