How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing

by Michael Fontaine and Vincent Obsopoeus

Book Overview

A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom

Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498-1539) thought so. In the winelands of sixteenth-century Germany, he witnessed the birth of a poisonous new culture of bingeing, hazing, peer pressure, and competitive drinking. Alarmed, and inspired by the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691192146
• ISBN13: 9780691192147
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.7" x 6.8"