Strange Gourmets: Sophistication, Theory, and the Novel

by Joseph Litvak

Book Overview

Theoretically sophisticated: How often has this term been used to distinguish a work of contemporary criticism, and what, exactly, does it mean? In Strange Gourmets, Joseph Litvak reclaims sophistication from its negative connotations and turns the spotlight on those who, even as they demonize sophistication, surreptitiously and extensively use it.
Though commonly thought of as a kind of worldliness at its best and an elitist snobbery at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822320169
• ISBN13: 9780822320166
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.3"