The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Food

Book Overview

This Companion provides an engaging and expansive overview of gustation, gastronomy, agriculture and alimentary activism in literature from the medieval period to the present day, as well as an illuminating introduction to cookbooks as literature. Bringing together sixteen original essays by leading scholars, the collection rethinks literary food from a variety of critical angles, including gender and sexuality, critical race studies, postcolonial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108446108
• ISBN13: 9781108446105
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.8"