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Savoring power, consuming the times : the metaphors of food in medieval and Renaissance Italian literature /

This book looks 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, the author examines these key works in the Western literary cano...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Palma, Pina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.