The Discourses of Food in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

By Annette Cozzi

Book Overview

Introduction: The Belly of a Nation * PART I: Eating English * Corn Kings: Disraeli, Hardy, and the Reconciliation of Nations * Men and Menus: Dickens and the Rise of the "Ordinary" English Gentleman * "I have no country" Domesticating the Generic National Woman * PART II: Alien Appetites * "Miss Sharp adores pork" Ingesting India from The Missionary to The Moonstone * Blood and Rum: Power and the Racialization of the Victorian Monster * Conclusion: The Bill of Fare-Thee-Well

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349288845
• ISBN13: 9781349288847
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"