The Call of Human Nature
Author | : Dieter Rollfinke |
Publisher | : Univ of Massachusetts Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1986 |
ISBN-10 | : UVA:X001187550 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Call of Human Nature written by Dieter Rollfinke and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Call of Human Nature documents and analyzes the wide use of scatological themes and metaphors in an equally wide range of writings. The Rollfinkes' claim that the obscene expressions used by Americans emphasize sexual elements, whereas Germans stress the scatological. For many modern German authors, scatalogical images, metaphors, and motifs serve their purposes more effectively than would other metaphors.