Strange Gourmets : Sophistication, Theory, and the Novel /

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"Theoretically sophisticated: How often has this term been used to distinguish a work of contemporary criticism, and what, exactly, does it mean? In Strange Gourmets, Joseph Litvak reclaims sophistication from its negative connotations and turns the spotlight on those who, even as they demonize...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Litvak, Joseph (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Theorieën.
Seksuele afwijkingen.
Romans.
Smaak (cultuur)
Snobisme.
Romantheorie
Geschmack > Ästhetik
Rhetoric.
Discourse analysis, Literary.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
literary criticism.
Rhetorique.
Discours litteraire.
Roman > Histoire et critique > Theorie, etc.
Fiction > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Delicacy and disgust, mourning and melancholia, privilege and perversity: Pride and prejudice
  • Bon chic, bon genre: sophistication and history in Northanger Abbey
  • Kiss me, stupid: sophistication and snobbery in Vanity fair
  • Taste, waste, Proust
  • Expensive tastes: Adorno, Barthes, and cultural studies.

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