The boastful chef : the discourse of food in ancient Greek comedy / Wilkins, John

By:

Wilkins, John [author]

Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: 465 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199240685
019924068X

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

882.01019 WIL 23

Summary: "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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Anna Centenary Library	882.01019 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	281911

"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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