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Princeton Legacy Library: Flavors of Modernity : Food and the Novel by Gian-Paolo Biasin (1993, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691032750
ISBN-139780691032757
eBay Product ID (ePID)393504
Product Key Features
Number of Pages188 Pages
Publication NameFlavors of Modernity : Food and the Novel
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1993
SubjectEuropean / Italian, Subjects & Themes / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorGian-Paolo Biasin
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN93-016289
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"[Biasin] analyzes images of food in such modern Italian novels as Calvino's Under the Jaguar Sun and Lampedusa's The Leopard ; considers, for example, how writers use food to convey character psychology or to create a sense of material reality in fiction."-- Chronicle of Higher Education, [Biasin] analyzes images of food in such modern Italian novels as Calvino's Under the Jaguar Sun and Lampedusa's The Leopard ; considers, for example, how writers use food to convey character psychology or to create a sense of material reality in fiction., "[Biasin] analyzes images of food in such modern Italian novels as Calvino's Under the Jaguar Sun and Lampedusa's The Leopard ; considers, for example, how writers use food to convey character psychology or to create a sense of material reality in fiction." -- Chronicle of Higher Education, "Gian-Paolo Biasin treats his texts in a manner that is subtle but also, in the end, critically informed and powerful. No one else has possessed the mixture of critical imagination, insight, and tact to produce a study of this sort on this topic, so that Biasin's work is genuinely ground breaking." --Gregory Lucente, University of Michigan
Series Volume Number5170
Dewey Decimal853.009355
SynopsisFrom Rabelais's celebration of wine to Proust's madeleine and Virginia Woolf's boeuf en daube in To the Lighthouse , food has figured prominently in world literature. But perhaps nowhere has it played such a vital role as in the Italian novel. In a book flowing with descriptions of recipes, ingredients, fragrances, country gardens, kitchens, dinner etiquette, and even hunger, Gian-Paolo Biasin examines food images in the modern Italian novel so as to unravel their function and meaning. As a sign for cultural values and social and economic relationships, food becomes a key to appreciating the textual richness of works such as Lampedusa's The Leopard , Manzoni's The Betrothed , Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz , and Calvino's Under the Jaguar Sun . The importance of the culinary sign in fiction, argues Biasin, is that it embodies the oral relationship between food and language while creating a sense of materiality. Food contributes powerfully to the reality of a text by making a fictional setting seem credible and coherent: a Lombard peasant eats polenta in The Betrothed , whereas a Sicilian prince offers a monumental macaroni timbale at a dinner in The Leopard . Similarly, Biasin shows how food is used by writers to connote the psychological traits of a character, to construct a story by making the protagonists meet during a meal, and even to call attention to the fictionality of the story with a metanarrative description. Drawing from anthropology, psychoanalysis, sociology, science, and philosophy, the author gives special attention to the metaphoric and symbolic meanings of food. Throughout he blends material culture with observations on thematics and narrativity to enlighten the reader who enjoys the pleasures of the text as much as those of the palate. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
LC Classification NumberPQ4181.F64B5313 1993
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