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The boastful chef : the discourse of food in ancient Greek comedy / Wilkins, John
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: 465 pagesContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780199240685
- 019924068X
- 882.01019 WIL 23
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Anna Centenary Library | 882.01019 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 281911 |
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| 882.01 PEA Fragments of Sophocles / | 882.01 SOP The complete plays of Sophocles / | 882.01 WIN Sophocles : an interpretation / | 882.01019 WIL The boastful chef : the discourse of food in ancient Greek comedy / | 882.0109 DIK Word Order in Greek Tragic Dialogue / | 882.0109 EAS Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy / | 882.0109 SOM Talking about laughter and other studies in Greek comedy / |
"It is well known that ancient Greek comedy is interested in food and wine; many plays conclude with a feast. Further, they were produced at festivals of Dionysus where eating and drinking took place. This book explains the importance of food to comedy: it was a medium through which comedy could represent the material, social, agricultural, political, and religious worlds to the Greek city-state. Comedy was a powerful cultural commentator and the foods that it represented were resonant markers of the culture. There could be no comedy without food and wine. Related genres and artefacts are also considered. The text contains translations of hundreds of comic fragments; and it reassesses the division of comedy into Sicilian and Attic Old, Middle, and New."--Jacket.
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