| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: How to Peel an Orange; 1 Fruit of the Spirit: Health, Salvation, and Catherine of Sienaâ#x80;#x99;s Candied Oranges; The Ambivalent Status of Early Modern Fruit; Holy People and the Introduction of Oranges in Europe; Sweet and Bitter Flavours in Catherineâ#x80;#x99;s Orange Letter; Catherineâ#x80;#x99;s Recipe for Candying and for Holiness; 2 The Fruit of Love: Citrus Symbolism in Pontano and Basile; Oranges as Symbols of Love in Renaissance Culture; Pontanoâ#x80;#x99;s De hortis Hesperidum and the Praise of Campania |
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Women and Fruit in Basileâ#x80;#x99;s â#x80;#x9C;The Three Citronsâ#x80;#x9D;Citrus Fruit and the Literary Dignity of Fairy Tales; 3 The Fruit of the Womb: Ferrariâ#x80;#x99;s Maternal Images of Citrus; Pregnancy and Metamorphosis in Botany and Literature; Fruit, Women, and Monsters in Early Modern Europe; The Classification of Citrus Monsters in Hesperides; Ferrariâ#x80;#x99;s Citrus Myths of Origin; 4 Strange Fruit: Violence and the Sacred in the Economy of Citrus; Oranges and Wealth in Early Modern Times; The Ambivalent Value of Oranges in Sicilian Folklore; Sacred Oranges and Immigrant Stories |
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Violence and the Sacred Oranges of RosarnoConclusion: The Colour of the Golden Fruit; Appendix: A Chronology of Oranges; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Colour plates follow page 86 |
| Summary |
Through close readings of key texts, including spiritual writings, fairy tales, and a botanical treatise, Golden Fruit examines the role of oranges in Italian culture from their introduction during the medieval period through to the present day |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Oranges -- Social aspects -- Italy -- History
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COOKING -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian
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Italy
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781487515768 |
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1487515766 |
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