1st Edition

Literature and Food Studies

By Amy Tigner, Allison Carruth Copyright 2018
196 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Literature and Food Studies introduces readers to a growing interdisciplinary field by examining literary genres and cultural movements as they engage with the edible world and, in turn, illuminate transnational histories of empire, domesticity, scientific innovation, and environmental transformation and degradation. With a focus on the Americas and Europe, Literature and Food Studies... Read more

List of Figures

Series Editor Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Genealogies and genres of food studies

2. Food routes: Seasonality, abundance, and the mythic garden

3. Virtuous eating: Utopian farms and dietary treatises

4. Recipes as vernacular literature: A case study in chocolate

5. Gustatory narrative: Meals, memory, and modernist fiction

6. Authoring gastronomy: Professional eaters and culinary print culture

Epilogue

Index

Biography

Amy L. Tigner is Associate Professor of Early Modern Studies in the English Department at the University of Texas, Arlington, USA.

Allison Carruth is Associate Professor in the English Department, Institute for Society and Genetics, and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, where she is the director of the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS).