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A History of Food in Literature: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present

Charlotte Boyce

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Description:Recent critical thinking suggests that literary references to food in novels, plays and poems can help to explain the complex relationship between the body, subjectivity and social structures regulating consumption. This volume provides a clear and comprehensive overview of significant episodes of food and its consumption in major canonical literary works from the medieval period to the twenty-first century. It contextualises these texts with reference to pertinent historical and cultural materials such as cookery books, diaries etc and engages with the critical debate on food and literature.Organised chronologically and examining several key writers from every period including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens and Austen, this book is suitable for many courses. Its enlightening critical analysis makes it relevant for anyone interested in the study of food and literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A History of Food in Literature: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present. To get started finding A History of Food in Literature: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Recent critical thinking suggests that literary references to food in novels, plays and poems can help to explain the complex relationship between the body, subjectivity and social structures regulating consumption. This volume provides a clear and comprehensive overview of significant episodes of food and its consumption in major canonical literary works from the medieval period to the twenty-first century. It contextualises these texts with reference to pertinent historical and cultural materials such as cookery books, diaries etc and engages with the critical debate on food and literature.Organised chronologically and examining several key writers from every period including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens and Austen, this book is suitable for many courses. Its enlightening critical analysis makes it relevant for anyone interested in the study of food and literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A History of Food in Literature: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present. To get started finding A History of Food in Literature: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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