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UNINA9910812452803321 |
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Autore |
Palma Pina |
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Titolo |
Savoring power, consuming the times [[electronic resource] ] : the metaphors of food in medieval and Renaissance Italian literature / / Pina Palma |
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Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (442 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Food in literature |
Gastronomy in literature |
Italian literature - 16th century - History and criticism |
Italian literature - To 1400 - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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Pina Palma uses the central metaphor of food to uncover unexpectedly fresh dimensions of Renaissance intellectual traditions. |
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