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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mazzoni, Cristina, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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. 
505 0 |a 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. 
505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a 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. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
650 7 |a LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a COOKING  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 0 |a Oranges  |x Social aspects  |z Italy  |x History. 
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