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

Author/creator Palma, Pina
Format Book
PublicationNotre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013.
Descriptionxi, 428 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Italian literature--To 1400. --History and criticism.
Italian literature--16th century. --History and criticism.
Food in literature.
Gastronomy in literature.

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.
Abstract "Pina Palma's Savoring Power, Consuming the Times: The Metaphors of Food in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature is an innovative look 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, Palma examines these key works in the Western literary canon, bringing into focus how their authors use food and gastronomy as a means to critique the social, political, theological, philosophical, and cultural beliefs that constitute the fabric of the society in which they live." -- Publisher's website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 383-410) and index.
LCCN 2012048959
ISBN9780268038397 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0268038392 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40022471749