The Loaded Table Representation of Food in Roman Literature
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- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
- Publish date: 02/01/1997
Description:
This book offers a novel and unconventional approach to Roman culture through food as it is represented in literature. Although food is not generally thought of as the noblest of literary subjects--and this view is a legacy from the Romans--it is curious that Roman writers chose so persistently to depict their society at the dinner-table. Why this was so, and what effect the inclusion of food has on the status of the literary texts that contained it, are among the questions discussed.
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