Food in Shakespeare : early modern dietaries and the plays / Joan Fitzpatrick.
Food in Shakespeare : early modern dietaries and the plays / Joan Fitzpatrick.
Food in Shakespeare : early modern dietaries and the plays / Joan Fitzpatrick.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
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Y822.33/510
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 166 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Familiar extremes : the case of Sir John Oldcastle -- Celtic acquaintance and alterity -- Strange diets : vegetarianism and the melancholic -- Famine and abstinence, class war, and foreign foodstuff -- Beyond the pale : profane consumption.
Publication information
Publisher
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2007.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"A study of common and exotic food in Shakespeare's plays, this is the first book to explore early modern English dietary literature to better understand the significance of food in Shakespearean drama. Food in Shakespeare provides for modern readers and audiences an historically accurate account of the range of, and conflicts between, contemporary...
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Full title
Food in Shakespeare : early modern dietaries and the plays / Joan Fitzpatrick.
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Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-154) and index.
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Call Numbers
Y822.33/510
Record Identifier
74VK33Bpzjzd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK33Bpzjzd
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ISBN
9780754655473
0754655474
DDC
822.33
MMS ID
991023771479702626
