[Just curious]

Why is German literature, from Till Eulenspiegel up to Guenter Grass, so obsessed with excrement (literal, not figurative) as a subject?

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[Tomas S.]

Could you be more specific? I think I am reasonably well read in German literature, and I did not notice such an undue emphasis yet.

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[Sheeba]

You apparently have a fairly limited experience of German literature.

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