eating, cooking, reading and writing in British women's fiction, 1770-1830 Moss, Sarah. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. enk Manchester, U.K New York, N.Y Manchester University Press 2009 monographic eng

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202 p. The study of food in literature complicates established critical positions. This title explores the relation in the context of late 18th and early 19th century women's fiction, where concerns about bodily, economic and intellectual productivity and consumption power decades of novels, conduct books and popular medicine. Eating her words: the politics of commensality in Frances Burney's fiction and letters -- The maternal aliment: feeding daughters in the works of Mary Wollstonecraft -- The bill of fare: the politics of food in Maria Edgeworth's children's fiction -- Eating for Britain: food, family and national identity in Susan Ferrier's fiction -- Afterword. Sarah Moss. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. English fiction 18th century History and criticism English fiction 19th century History and criticism English fiction Women authors History and criticism Food in literature PR6113.O88 S65 2009eb 823.6093564 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10627271 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10627271 CaPaEBR 101104 ebr10627271