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The Loaded Table: Representations of Food in Roman Literature
The Loaded Table Representations of Food in Roman Literature
Author: Emily Gowers
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 oft...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198146957
ISBN-10: 0198146957
Publication Date: 3/18/1993
Pages: 334
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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