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Golden Fruit : a cultural history of oranges in Italy /
Through close readings of key texts, including spiritual writings, fairy tales, and a botanical treatise, Golden Fruit examines the role of oranges in Italian culture from their introduction during the medieval period through to the present day.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: How to Peel an Orange; 1 Fruit of the Spirit: Health, Salvation, and Catherine of Sienaâ#x80;#x99;s Candied Oranges; The Ambivalent Status of Early Modern Fruit; Holy People and the Introduction of Oranges in Europe; Sweet and Bitter Flavours in Catherineâ#x80;#x99;s Orange Letter; Catherineâ#x80;#x99;s Recipe for Candying and for Holiness; 2 The Fruit of Love: Citrus Symbolism in Pontano and Basile; Oranges as Symbols of Love in Renaissance Culture; Pontanoâ#x80;#x99;s De hortis Hesperidum and the Praise of Campania.
- Women and Fruit in Basileâ#x80;#x99;s â#x80;#x9C;The Three Citronsâ#x80;#x9D;Citrus Fruit and the Literary Dignity of Fairy Tales; 3 The Fruit of the Womb: Ferrariâ#x80;#x99;s Maternal Images of Citrus; Pregnancy and Metamorphosis in Botany and Literature; Fruit, Women, and Monsters in Early Modern Europe; The Classification of Citrus Monsters in Hesperides; Ferrariâ#x80;#x99;s Citrus Myths of Origin; 4 Strange Fruit: Violence and the Sacred in the Economy of Citrus; Oranges and Wealth in Early Modern Times; The Ambivalent Value of Oranges in Sicilian Folklore; Sacred Oranges and Immigrant Stories.
- Violence and the Sacred Oranges of RosarnoConclusion: The Colour of the Golden Fruit; Appendix: A Chronology of Oranges; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Colour plates follow page 86.