{"product_id":"the-flavors-of-modernity-food-and-the-novel-9780691603476","title":"The Flavors of Modernity: Food and the Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Rabelais's celebration of wine to Proust's \u003ci\u003emadeleine\u003c\/i\u003e and Virginia Woolf's \u003ci\u003eboeuf en daube\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, food has figured prominently in world literature. But perhaps nowhere has it played such a vital role as in the Italian novel. In a book flowing with descriptions of recipes, ingredients, fragrances, country gardens, kitchens, dinner etiquette, and even hunger, Gian-Paolo Biasin examines food images in the modern Italian novel so as to unravel their function and meaning. As a sign for cultural values and social and economic relationships, food becomes a key to appreciating the textual richness of works such as Lampedusa's \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e, Manzoni's \u003ci\u003eThe Betrothed\u003c\/i\u003e, Primo Levi's \u003ci\u003eSurvival in Auschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e, and Calvino's \u003ci\u003eUnder the Jaguar Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. The importance of the culinary sign in fiction, argues Biasin, is that it embodies the oral relationship between food and language while creating a sense of materiality. Food contributes powerfully to the reality of a text by making a fictional setting seem credible and coherent: a Lombard peasant eats \u003ci\u003epolenta\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eThe Betrothed\u003c\/i\u003e, whereas a Sicilian prince offers a monumental \u003ci\u003emacaroni timbale\u003c\/i\u003e at a dinner in \u003ci\u003eThe Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e. Similarly, Biasin shows how food is used by writers to connote the psychological traits of a character, to construct a story by making the protagonists meet during a meal, and even to call attention to the fictionality of the story with a metanarrative description. Drawing from anthropology, psychoanalysis, sociology, science, and philosophy, the author gives special attention to the metaphoric and symbolic meanings of food. Throughout he blends material culture with observations on thematics and narrativity to enlighten the reader who enjoys the pleasures of the text as much as those of the palate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1993. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePrinceton Legacy Library\u003c\/b\u003e uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gian-Paolo Biasin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691603476","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44945275388019,"sku":"9780691603476","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5b0a14c5-ebe5-4ab4-b9d9-7560b7261d11.jpg?v=1778343233","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-flavors-of-modernity-food-and-the-novel-9780691603476","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}