Austerity measures : the poetics of food insecurity in early modern English literature /

This book explores how early modern writers used poetry to fight food insecurity. Authors like Robert Herrick and Anne Bradstreet witnessed the privatization of public farmland, rising food prices amidst uncontrolled inflation, mass starvation in nascent North American colonies, and the racist viole...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Greene-Crow, Anders M. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2025].
Subjects:	English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Food security in literature. Hunger in literature. Food > Moral and ethical aspects. Literature and society > England > History > 16th century. Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.

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