Culinary Shakespeare: Staging Food and Drink in Early Modern England

Book Overview

Eating and drinking--vital to all human beings--were of central importance to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Culinary Shakespeare, the first collection devoted solely to the study of food and drink in Shakespeare's plays, reframes questions about cuisine, eating, and meals in early modern drama. As a result, Shakespearean scenes that have long been identified as important and influential by scholars can now be considered in terms of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820704954
• ISBN13: 9780820704951
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"