David B. Goldstein

Eating and Ethics in Shakespeare's England

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Produktbeschreibung

Goldstein presents a lively analysis of Shakespeare, Milton, religious writers and recipe book authors from the perspective of communal eating.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781107039063
• ISBN-10: 1107039061
• Artikelnr.: 38612218

Autorenporträt

David B. Goldstein is Associate Professor of English at York University, Toronto. He writes on issues related to Shakespeare, early modern and Renaissance literature, food studies and contemporary poetry. He has received numerous grants and awards, including fellowships at the Huntington Library, the Lilly Library and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A former food magazine editor and restaurant critic, he is also a widely published poet.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: eating relations
Part I. Cannibal Ethics: Excursus: The Body Edible: 1. The cook and the cannibal: Titus Andronicus and New World eating
2. I will not eat with you: failures of commensality in The Merchant of Venice
Part II. Communion and Community: 3. Anne Askew, John Bale, and the stakes of eating
Excursus: Receiving the Recipe: 4. How to eat a book: Ann Fanshawe and manuscript recipe culture
5. Eaters of Eden: Milton and the invention of hospitality
Conclusion: toward a relational ethics of eating
Bibliography.