{"product_id":"9780198150824-the-loaded-table-representations-of-food-in-roman-literature","title":"The Loaded Table","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRepresentations of Food in Roman Literature\u003cbr\u003eThis text looks at the Roman culture through food as it is represented in literature. The author interprets various Latin works where food is described. He explains why writers persitently depicted their society at the dinner table, and why food was such a suggestive image for Roman civilization.\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a novel and unconventional approach to Roman culture, through food - or rather, food as it is represented in literature.   Food is not generally thought of as the noblest of literary subjects, and this view is a legacy from the Romans, so it is curious that Roman writers chose so persistently to depict their society at the dinner-table. Why this was so, and what effect the inclusion of food had on the status of the literary texts that described it, are among the questions discussed here. The book also addresses 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 and gross, food was in fact one of the most suggestive images for Roman civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55210031284598,"sku":"9780198150824","price":109.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27253842.jpg?v=1738234369","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780198150824-the-loaded-table-representations-of-food-in-roman-literature","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}