The English Taste: Cuisine and Class in the Works of E. Phillips Oppenheim

by Tim Parise

Between 1887 and 1943, the bestselling English writer E. Phillips Oppenheim published more than 160 novels that today are almost entirely forgotten. The English Taste explores how Oppenheim used literary portrayals of food in general and haute cuisine in particular to reinforce the social themes of his works, including his support for class stratification and his opposition to democracy and women's rights. It looks at the restaurants and nightclubs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1716959152
• ISBN13: 9781716959158
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"