{"product_id":"the-loaded-table-emily-gowers-9780198150824","title":"The Loaded Table: Representations of Food in Roman Literature","description":"This book offers a novel approach to Roman culture, looking at food as it is represented in literature. Although not generally thought of as the noblest of literary subjects, this view is a legacy from the Romans, so it is curious that Roman writers chose so persistently to depict their society at the dinner table. Why this was so, and what effect the inclusion of food had on the status of the literary texts that contained it, are among the questions discussed here. The book also addresses many of the problems that arise when a material subject is translated into words, and contains fresh interpretations of Latin texts that have been unjustly undervalued--comedy, satire, epigrams, letters, and iambics. While often regarded as something trivial, food was in fact one of the most suggestive images for Roman civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Gowers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198150822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198150824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarendon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.45w x 0.83d","brand":"Emily Gowers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44966090113279,"sku":"9780198150824","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fb203954-a974-4a02-84cd-71c3b5e0dfd4.jpg?v=1711158828","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-loaded-table-emily-gowers-9780198150824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}