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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462110503321

Autore

Frazier Nancy

Titolo

I, Lobster [[electronic resource] ] : a crustacean odyssey / / Nancy Frazier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, NH, : University of New Hampshire Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-60353-5

9786613915986

1-61168-323-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

595.3/84

Soggetti

Lobsters

Crustacea

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Consider the cult of the lobster -- Celebrations, seductions, and crimes -- "Natural" history -- Life, death, and medical conditions -- Man-eating monsters -- Sf: Are we all lobsters yet? -- The palinurus/palinurus problem -- "Secrets of the sea" -- A metaphor for people -- The bartender and the lobster -- Welcome to the lobster hotel -- Bouillabaisse -- Lobster onstage: recipes -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

A consideration of the lobster in history, myth, art, literature, and cuisine