Food and the novel in nineteenth-century America [[electronic resource] /] / Mark McWilliams
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| Autore: |
McWilliams Mark
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| Titolo: |
Food and the novel in nineteenth-century America [[electronic resource] /] / Mark McWilliams
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.3093564 |
| Soggetto topico: | American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism |
| Food in literature | |
| Cooking in literature | |
| Food habits in literature | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction : conflicting tastes -- Old food in a new land -- Wholesome food for a wholesome people -- Revolution in the kitchen -- Good women bake good biscuits -- Dining out in the novel -- Eating nostalgia -- Afterword: food and the novel in America. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Tracing dramatic changes in how Americans ate during the 1800's, Food and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century America argues that novelists, along with writers of cookbooks and domestic guides, helped negotiate the meaning of these changes in ways that still shape how Americans eat today. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Food and the novel in nineteenth-century America |
| ISBN: | 1-280-87143-1 |
| 9786613713445 | |
| 0-7591-2096-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779264403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy