Food in Shakespeare: Early Modern Dietaries and the PlaysAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 28 d’abr. 2013 - 176 pàgines A study of common and exotic food in Shakespeare's plays, this is the first book to explore early modern English dietary literature to understand better the significance of food in Shakespearean drama. Food in Shakespeare provides for modern readers and audiences an historically accurate account of the range of, and conflicts between, contemporary ideas that informed the representations of food in the plays. It also focuses on the social and moral implications of familiar and strange foodstuff in Shakespeare's works. This new approach provides substantial fresh readings of Hamlet, Macbeth, As you Like It, The Winter's Tale, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Henry V, Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus, Pericles, Timon of Athens, and the co-authored Sir Thomas More. Among the dietaries explored are Andrew Boorde's A Compendyous Regyment or a Dyetary of Healthe (1547), William Bullein's The Gouernement of Healthe (1595), Thomas Elyot's The Castle of Helthe (1595) and Thomas Cogan's The Hauen of Health (1636). These dieteries were republished several times in the early modern period; together they typify the genre's condemnation of surfeit and the tendency to blame human disease on feeding practices. This study directs scholarly attention to the importance of early modern dietaries, analyzing their role in wider culture as well as their intersection with dramatic art. In the dietaries food and drink are indices of one's position in relation to complex ideas about rank, nationality, and spiritual well-being; careful consumption might correct moral as well as physical shortcomings. The dietaries are an eclectic genre: some contain recipes for the reader to try, others give tips on more general lifestyle choices, but all offer advice on how to maintain good health via diet. Although some are more stern and humourless than others, the overwhelming impression is that of food as an ally in the battle against disease and ill-health as well as a potential enemy. |
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... John Oldcastle What Eating Too Much Meant to the Elizabethans Shakespeare's Belly God: I Henry 4 Foils to Sir John: 2 Henry 4 The Gaping Grave 2 Celtic Acquaintance and Alterity Henry 5: Figs and Leeks Macbeth and Poisoned Nutrients 3 ...
... John Fletcher and others—this book will focus on the social and moral implications of familiar and strange food (solid and liquid) and feeding in Shakespeare specifically. I have used the term 'early modern' because some of the ...
... John Heminges a taphouse attached to the Globe playhouse. Food and drink were part of the theatre experience and it ... John's gluttony is a visible way of asserting his concern with feeding his body with sack and capons rather than ...
... John Oldcastle to the ultra-exotic cannibalism of Tamora and, along the way, varying degrees of that which was considered familiar or strange. The early modern preoccupation with moderation is familiar to us, and although their ...
... John since knowledge of this figure from 1 Henry 4 encourages specific audience expectations in his subsequent appearance. This chapter will trace Sir John as an historical figure and compare this with his role in the comedy The Merry ...
Continguts
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Celtic Acquaintance and Alterity | 37 |
Vegetarianism and the Melancholic | 57 |
Famine and Abstinence Class War and Foreign Foodstuff | 81 |
Profane Consumption | 105 |
Conclusion | 127 |
Index | 155 |
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Food in Shakespeare: Early Modern Dietaries and the Plays Joan Fitzpatrick Previsualització limitada - 2016 |
Food in Shakespeare: Early Modern Dietaries and the Plays Joan Fitzpatrick Previsualització limitada - 2016 |
Food in Shakespeare: Early Modern Dietaries and the Plays Joan Fitzpatrick Previsualització limitada - 2007 |