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Food for Thought

Paperback • 1997 • English

Food for Thought

By Louis Marin

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About the book

A wicked queen orders the palace cook to kill her grandchildren and serve them up for dinner-"in a sauce Robert." But as any good cook knows, this sauce is properly served with game, not domestic animals. Does the ogress transgress? Perhaps, but the cook breaks the rules as well. Deceiving his mistress, he rescues the children and instead serves goat and lamb.In this provocative volume, Louis Marin treats a subject to which some of the most exciting literary criticism has been devoted: the body ...Show more

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ISBN

9780801856136

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published year

1997

Language

English

Original title

Food for Thought

Format

Paperback

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