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Food and the novel in nineteenth-century America / Mark McWilliams.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McWilliams, Mark.
Series:
Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy
AltaMira studies in food and gastronomy
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
American fiction.
Food in literature.
Cooking in literature.
Food habits in literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (221 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Tracing dramatic changes in how Americans ate during the 1800's, Food and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century America argues that novelists, along with writers of cookbooks and domestic guides, helped negotiate the meaning of these changes in ways that still shape how Americans eat today.
Contents:
Introduction : conflicting tastes
Old food in a new land
Wholesome food for a wholesome people
Revolution in the kitchen
Good women bake good biscuits
Dining out in the novel
Eating nostalgia
Afterword: food and the novel in America.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
ISBN:
979-82-16-32242-9
1-280-87143-1
9786613713445
0-7591-2096-X
OCLC:
802049885

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