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The Loaded Table: Representations of Food in Roman Literature Book

The Loaded Table : Paperback : Oxford University Press : 9780198150824 : 0198150822 : 13 Feb 1997 : It is food as represented in literature which provides the novel and unconventional approach to Roman culture used in this book. Through a new interpretation of various Latin works where food is described, the author explains why Roman writers so persistently depicted their society at the dinner table and why food was such a suggestive image for Roman civilization.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    This book offers a novel approach to Roman culture, looking at food as it is represented in literature. Although not generally thought of as the noblest of literary subjects, this view is a legacy from the Romans, so it is curious that Roman...

  • 0198150822
  • 9780198150824
  • Emily Gowers
  • 5 December 1996
  • Clarendon Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 352
  • New edition
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