RT Book
T1 Savoring power, consuming the times: the metaphors of food in medieval and Renaissance Italian literature
A1 Palma, Pina
LA English
PP Notre Dame, Ind.
PB University of Notre Dame Press
YR 2013
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/735511012
AB 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
AB "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
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-410) and index
CN PQ4053.F58
SN 0268038392
SN 9780268038397
K1 Italian Literature : To 1400 : History and criticism
K1 Italian Literature : 16th century : History and criticism
K1 Food in literature
K1 Gastronomy in literature
K1 Italian Literature : History and criticism : To 1400
K1 Italian Literature : History and criticism : 16th century
K1 Food
K1 Gastronomy
K1 Italian Literature
K1 Literature : Criticism, interpretation, etc