The Culinary Imagination: From Myth to Modernity

by Sandra M. Gilbert

Book Overview

In this stunning and important work, the prominent critic, poet, and memoirist Sandra M. Gilbert explores our relationship with food and eating through discussions of literature, art, and popular culture. Focusing on contemporary practices, The Culinary Imagination traces the social, aesthetic, and political history of food from myth to modernity, from ancient sources to our current wave of food mania.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393067653
• ISBN13: 9780393067651
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.4"