Description

This book offers a novel approach to Roman culture, looking at food as it is represented in literature. Gowers addresses many of the problems that arise when a material subject is translated into words, and contains fresh interpretations of Latin texts that have been unjustly undervalued--comedy, satire, epigrams, letters, and iambics. While often regarded as something trivial, food was in fact one of the most suggestive images for Roman civilization.

Reviews

"An innovative and highly rewarding approach to Latin literature and Roman culture....This is an excellent scholarly book of broad interest to students of history, anthropology, and classical and comparative literature."--Choice

"Cleverly and elegantly written."--Religious Studies Review

Product Details

352 pages; ISBN13: 978-0-19-815082-4ISBN10: 0-19-815082-2

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