Feast And Folly

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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


Sacred Folly

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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


The Sunday School Journal

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Genre : Religious education
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Release : 1888
File : 526 Pages
ISBN-13 : NYPL:33433074969498


Service For The Feast Of Tabernacles

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Release : 1882
File : 398 Pages
ISBN-13 : NLI:2748800-40


The Church School Journal

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Genre : Religious education
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Release : 1878
File : 292 Pages
ISBN-13 : UIUC:30112087629082


Wisdom To Live By

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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


The Sunday School Helper

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Genre : Christian education
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Release : 1878
File : 788 Pages
ISBN-13 : HARVARD:AH6AWY


An Earnest And Serious Answer To Dr Trapp S Discourse Of The Folly Sin And Danger Of Being

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Author : William Law
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Release : 1893
File : 220 Pages
ISBN-13 : SRLF:AA0008568305


The Feast Of Bacchus

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Genre : Poetry
Author : Robert Bridges
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Release : 1889
File : 112 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCSD:31822038198990


The Dead Of Winter

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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