Savoring Power, Consuming the Times : The Metaphors of Food in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Palma, Pina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Italian literature.
Gastronomy in literature.
Food in literature.
Gastronomie dans la litterature.
Aliments dans la litterature.
Litterature italienne > 16e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature italienne > Jusqu'à 1400 > Histoire et critique.
Italian literature > 16th century > History and criticism.
Italian literature > To 1400 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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