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The Cambridge companion to literature and food / edited by J. Michelle Coghlan.

The Cambridge companion to literature and food / edited...

The Cambridge companion to literature and food / edited by J. Michelle Coghlan.

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The Cambridge companion to literature and food / edited by J. Michelle Coghlan.

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Full title

The Cambridge companion to literature and food / edited by J. Michelle Coghlan.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Call Numbers

G 2020/4009

Record Identifier

74VKaMXeqpmb

MMS ID

991024349319002626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xxiii, 285 pages ; 23 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Introduction: The literature of food / J. Michelle Coghlan -- Medieval feasts / Aaron K. Hostetter -- The art of early modern cookery / Joe Moshenska -- The romantic revolution in taste / Denise Gigante -- The matter of early American taste / Lauren Klein -- The culinary landscape of Victorian liter...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2020.

Subjects

Subjects and topics

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"From feasts to fashion, awareness of the medieval quotidian has proven vital to interpreting its literature. Authors and audiences may yearn for transcendence, only to find it rooted to the social world of practice. As Jill Mann reminds us in 1979, a time when patristic, theologically grounded schools of criticism seemed predominant: "The material...

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Full title

The Cambridge companion to literature and food / edited by J. Michelle Coghlan.

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General note

Cambridge companions to literature

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index.

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Date Copyright

©2020

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Call Numbers

G 2020/4009

Record Identifier

74VKaMXeqpmb

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaMXeqpmb

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ISBN

1108446108 paperback

9781108427364 hardcover

1108427367 hardcover

9781108446105 paperback

DDC

809.933559

MMS ID

991024349319002626

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