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What would it mean to speak of cuisine as a "fine art"? Combining an analysis of French cuisine with cutting-edge postmodernist critique, Feast and Folly provides a fascinating history of French gastronomy and cuisine over the past two centuries, as well as considerable detail regarding the preparation of some of the colossal meals described in the book. It offers a deep analysis of the social, political, and aesthetic aspects of cuisine and taste, exploring the conceptual preconditions, the discursive limits, and the poetics and rhetorical forms of the modern culinary imagination. Allen S. Weiss analyzes the structural preconditions of considering cuisine as a fine art, connects the diverse discursive conditions that give meaning to the notion of cuisine as artwork, and investigates the most extreme psychological and metaphysical condition of the aesthetic domain—the sublime—in relation to gastronomy.
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Genre |
: Philosophy |
Author |
: Allen S. Weiss |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Release |
: 2012-02-01 |
File |
: 172 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780791487884 |
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For centuries, the Feast of Fools has been condemned and occasionally celebrated as a disorderly, even transgressive Christian festival, in which reveling clergy elected a burlesque Lord of Misrule, presided over the divine office wearing animal masks or women's clothes, sang obscene songs, swung censers that gave off foul-smelling smoke, played dice at the altar, and otherwise parodied the liturgy of the church. Afterward, they would take to the streets, howling, issuing mock indulgences, hurling manure at bystanders, and staging scurrilous plays. The problem with this popular account—intriguing as it may be— is that it is wrong.In Sacred Folly, Max Harris rewrites the history of the Feast of Fools, showing that it developed in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries as an elaborate and orderly liturgy for the day of the Circumcision (1 January)—serving as a dignified alternative to rowdy secular New Year festivities. The intent of the feast was not mockery but thanksgiving for the incarnation of Christ. Prescribed role reversals, in which the lower clergy presided over divine office, recalled Mary's joyous affirmation that God "has put down the mighty from their seat and exalted the humble." The "fools" represented those chosen by God for their lowly status.The feast, never widespread, was largely confined to cathedrals and collegiate churches in northern France. In the fifteenth century, high-ranking clergy who relied on rumor rather than firsthand knowledge attacked and eventually suppressed the feast. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century historians repeatedly misread records of the feast; their erroneous accounts formed a shaky foundation for subsequent understanding of the medieval ritual. By returning to the primary documents, Harris reconstructs a Feast of Fools that is all the more remarkable for being sanctified rather than sacrilegious.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Max R. Harris |
Publisher |
: Cornell University Press |
Release |
: 2011-05-02 |
File |
: 337 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780801461934 |
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Genre |
: Religious education |
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Release |
: 1888 |
File |
: 526 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: NYPL:33433074969498 |
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: 1882 |
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: 398 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: NLI:2748800-40 |
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: Religious education |
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: 1878 |
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: 292 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UIUC:30112087629082 |
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Our survival as a society and our adequacy for living out our faith daily requires a wisdom that transcends mere human understanding. Wisdom to Live By focuses on 100 texts from the core collection of the wisest counsel ever given to man: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.
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Genre |
: Philosophy |
Author |
: Henry Gariepy |
Publisher |
: Victor |
Release |
: 1991 |
File |
: 244 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0896930378 |
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: Christian education |
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: |
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: 1878 |
File |
: 788 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: HARVARD:AH6AWY |
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: William Law |
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: 1893 |
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: 220 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: SRLF:AA0008568305 |
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Genre |
: Poetry |
Author |
: Robert Bridges |
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: |
Release |
: 1889 |
File |
: 112 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UCSD:31822038198990 |
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Discover the monsters, witches, and other ghoulish creatures that make up lesser known Christmas folklore in this gleefully creepy guide–perfect for horror fans who love the wintry holidays. When you think about Christmas, you likely picture mangers, glowing fireplaces, sweet carolers, and snow-blanketed hills. But behind all this bright magic, there’s something much darker lurking in the shadows. In The Dead of Winter, Cambridge-trained historian Sarah Clegg delves deep into the folklore of the Christmas season in Europe, detailing the way its terrifying and often debaucherous past continues to haunt and entertain us now in the twenty-first century. Perfect for the growing mainstream audience obsessed with horror and monsters, this guide makes the perfect gift, beautifully packaged in a stocking-stuffer-friendly trim size.
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Genre |
: Social Science |
Author |
: Sarah Clegg |
Publisher |
: Hachette UK |
Release |
: 2024-11-12 |
File |
: 139 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781643757094 |