The English Taste: Cuisine and Class in the Works of E. Phillips Oppenheim (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781716959158)

Between 1887 and 1943, the bestselling English writer E. Phillips Oppenheim published more than 160 novels that today are almost entirely forgotten. The English Taste explores how Oppenheim used literary portrayals of food in general and haute cuisine in particular to reinforce the social themes of his works, including his support for class stratification and his opposition to democracy and women's rights. It looks at the restaurants and nightclubs he favored, inquires into the brands of champagne he preferred, and investigates how much it cost to eat like Oppenheim did, as well as examining the value of Oppenheim's works as social propaganda and the symbiotic relationship that Oppenheim perceived to exist between fine food and intelligence.

Author: Tim Parise
ISBN-10: 1716959152
ISBN-13: 9781716959158
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2020
Pages: 524
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31d