Savoring Power, Consuming the Times The Metaphors of Food in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature / [Recurso electrónico] :
Pina Palma.
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013.
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Libro Electrónico
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Gastronomy in literature. Food in literature. Italian literature--History and criticism.--16th century Italian literature--History and criticism--To 1400