Gian-Paolo Biasin The Flavors of Modernity (Paperback) Princeton Legacy Library-image

Gian-Paolo Biasin The Flavors of Modernity (Paperback) Princeton Legacy Library

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Language: English Publication Year: 2017 Item Length: 9.1 in Number of Pages: 182 Pages Format: Trade Paperback EAN: 9780691603476 Publication Name: Flavors of Modernity : Food and the Novel Release Year: 2017 Genre: Literary Criticism Subject Area: Literary Criticism Author: Gian-Paolo Biasin ISBN: 9780691603476 Release Date: 03/21/2017 Item Weight: 9 Oz Item Width: 6.1 in Subtitle: Food and the Novel Book Title: The Flavors of Modernity Item Height: 0.6 in Type: Textbook Publisher: Princeton University Press Subject: Subjects & Themes / General, European / Italian Country of Origin: US Series: Princeton Legacy Library gtin13: 9780691603476 ISBN-10: 0691603472

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Further Details Title: The Flavors of Modernity Condition: New Description: From 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. Author: Gian-Paolo Biasin Format: Paperback Subtitle: Food and the Novel ISBN-10: 0691603472 EAN: 9780691603476 ISBN: 9780691603476 Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 235mm Item Length: 152mm Genre: Literary Criticism Publisher: Princeton University Press Release Date: 03/21/2017 Language: English Item Weight: 255g Series: Princeton Legacy Library Release Year: 2017 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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