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‘Some Foods Are Considered Aphrodisiac Because They Resemble Sexual Organs’: On Isabel Allende’S Aphrodite, Anke Klitzing
‘Some Foods Are Considered Aphrodisiac Because They Resemble Sexual Organs’: On Isabel Allende’S Aphrodite, Anke Klitzing
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At the age of 56, well into her second marriage and a grandmother herself, novelist Isabel Allende decided to find out whether aphrodisiacs are all they are made out to be. She wrote Aphrodite: The Love of Food and Food of Love after extensive research into erotic literature across some centuries and continents, and this foundation of age-old wisdom also means that the book, while published in 1998, remains a timeless source of inspiration and enjoyment.
Pineapple Poetry - Studying Literature Through A Food Studies Lens, Anke Klitzing
Pineapple Poetry - Studying Literature Through A Food Studies Lens, Anke Klitzing
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In his essay 'A Winter Feast', literature professor Paul Schmidt unveils the layers of meaning that Pushkin wove into the description of a New Year’s feast in Eugene Onegin. But unusually, Schmidt continues his essay making the jump from literary criticism to food studies by musing on the various items on the menu without reference to Onegin, but rather to the cultural and philosophical context of food, bringing in such varied references as Brillat-Savarin and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Studying food writing through the lens of literary criticism allows us to penetrate the social and symbolic meanings of food more deeply, while …
Dermot Healy's Endless Quest For The Absolute, Eamon Maher
Dermot Healy's Endless Quest For The Absolute, Eamon Maher
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An Irishman's Diary On John Mcgahern And 1916 : What Was It All For?, Eamon Maher
An Irishman's Diary On John Mcgahern And 1916 : What Was It All For?, Eamon Maher
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Alcoholism, Miscomprehension And Salvation : Edwin O'Connor's The Edge Of Sadness, Eamon Maher
Alcoholism, Miscomprehension And Salvation : Edwin O'Connor's The Edge Of Sadness, Eamon Maher
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Why I Love : The Tunnel (1948) By Ernesto Sábato, Eamon Maher
Why I Love : The Tunnel (1948) By Ernesto Sábato, Eamon Maher
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An existentialist classic not unlike Camus' The Outsider, this compelling read drills ever deeper into the dark recesses of a tortured artist's unrepentant soul.
'Home Is Where The Heart Is' : Arrivals And Departures In John Mcgahern's Short Stories, Eamon Maher
'Home Is Where The Heart Is' : Arrivals And Departures In John Mcgahern's Short Stories, Eamon Maher
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''They All Seem To Have Inherited The Horrible Ugliness And Sewer Filth Of Sex'' : Catholic Guilt In Selected Works By John Mcgahern (1934-2006), Eamon Maher
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No Surrender! War And The Death Of Innocence In The Fictions Of John Mcgahern, Eamon Maher
No Surrender! War And The Death Of Innocence In The Fictions Of John Mcgahern, Eamon Maher
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The Carnival King, Ian Kilroy
The Carnival King, Ian Kilroy
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A play in two acts. A macabre farce about murder and the search for justice during carnival time.
Disintegration And Despair In The Early Fiction Of John Mcgahern, Eamon Maher
Disintegration And Despair In The Early Fiction Of John Mcgahern, Eamon Maher
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