1st Edition
Dante's Gluttons Food and Society from the Convivio to the Comedy
By Danielle Callegari
Copyright 2022
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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Dante’s Gluttons: Food and Society from the Convivio to the Comedy explores how the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) uses food to express and condition the social, political, and cultural values of his time. Combining medieval history, food studies, and literary criticism, Dante’s Gluttons historicizes food and eating in Dante, beginning in his earliest collected poetry and... Read more
Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Dante’s Gluttony, 2. Convivial Gluttony, 3. Infernal Gluttony, 4. Purgatorial Gluttony, 5. Heavenly Gluttony, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Danielle Callegari is Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Italian at Dartmouth College and Councilor of the Dante Society of America. Her teaching and research focuses on premodern Italian literature and food and wine studies. She has published on a variety of subjects including Dante, medieval food and wine culture, early modern women’s writing and religion, and modern Italian food and politics.
