The Flavors of Modernity : : Food and the Novel / / Gian-Paolo Biasin.

• VerfasserIn: Biasin, Gian-Paolo,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5170
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (182 p.)

From Rabelais's celebration of wine to Proust's madeleine and Virginia Woolf's boeuf en daube in To the Lighthouse, food has figured prominently in world literature. But perhaps nowhere has it played such a vital role as in the Italian novel. In a book flowing with descriptions of rec...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• INTRODUCTION. The Flavors of Modernity
• CHAPTER 1.The Juice of the Story: Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi
• CHAPTER 2. How to Make a Stew: Giovanni Verga, I Malavoglia
• CHAPTER 3. Tea for Two: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Il piacere
• CHAPTER 4. A Wise Gourmet: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo
• CHAPTER 5. The Cornucopia of the World: Carlo Emilio Gadda, La cognizione del dolore and Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana
• CHAPTER 6. Under Olivia's Teeth: Italo Calvino, Sotto il sole giaguaro
• CHAPTER 7. Our Daily Bread—Pane—Brot—Broid —Chleb—Pain—Lechem —Kenyér: Primo Levi, Se questo è un uomo
• NOTES
• INDEX