Gluttony and gratitude : Milton's philosophy of eating /
"Explores the philosophical significance of gluttony in Paradise Lost, arguing that a complex understanding of gluttony and of ideal, grateful, and gracious eating informs the content of Milton's writing"--Provided by publisher.
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| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2017?]
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| Series: | Medieval and Renaissance literary studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Patristic, medieval, and early modern views of gluttony
- An anatomy of gluttony in Paradise lost
- Scatology and devilish glut in Paradise lost
- Perfect consumption, the food of the gods, and the great chain of eating
- The food of love, the paradise within, Augustinian triads, and the body resurrected
- The temperate poet and "this flying steed unrein'd."