Savoring power, consuming the times: the metaphors of food in medieval and Renaissance Italian literature
Introduction: taste and see the power of food -- The language of food in Boccaccio's Decameron -- Of frogs, giants, and the court: Pulci's Morgante -- Banquets of power: Boiardo's Innamorato and the politics of gastronomy -- Meals, transformations, and the belly of history: Ariosto�...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Notre Dame, Ind.
University of Notre Dame Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Palma, Pina, Savoring Power, Consuming the Times: The Metaphors of Food in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature] (2014) (Pattinson, Lesley J.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Italian language
/ Literature
/ Eating and drinking customs (Motif)
/ History 1200-1600
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| Further subjects: | B
Italian Literature
B Gastronomy in literature B Food in literature B Italian Literature History and criticism 16th century B Italian Literature 16th century History and criticism B Italian Literature History and criticism To 1400 B Gastronomy B Literature Criticism, interpretation, etc B Italian Literature To 1400 History and criticism B Food |
| Summary: | Introduction: taste and see the power of food -- The language of food in Boccaccio's Decameron -- Of frogs, giants, and the court: Pulci's Morgante -- Banquets of power: Boiardo's Innamorato and the politics of gastronomy -- Meals, transformations, and the belly of history: Ariosto's Furioso -- Courtesans and figs, art and nature in Aretino's Ragionamento -- Conclusion "Pina Palma's Savoring Power, Consuming the Times: The Metaphors of Food in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature is an innovative look at the writings of five important Italian authors--Boccaccio's Decameron, Pulci's Morgante, Boiardo's Innamorato, Ariosto's Furioso, and Aretino's Ragionamento. Through the prism of gastronomy, Palma examines these key works in the Western literary canon, bringing into focus how their authors use food and gastronomy as a means to critique the social, political, theological, philosophical, and cultural beliefs that constitute the fabric of the society in which they live." -- Publisher's website |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-410) and index |
| ISBN: | 0268038392 |