TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; DEVOURING SELVES IN THE CIRCLE OF GLUTTONY; THE PRESCRIPTIVE POTENCY OF FOOD IN MICHELE SAVONAROLA'S DE REGIMINE PREGNANTIUM; PART II; FLESH AND SPIRIT; DEPRIVATION AND FULLNESS; PART III; PREDATORS OF THE HEART; THE LOOSENED TONGUE OF A TIPSY DIVA; PART IV; TUTTI I FRUTTI; FLORINETTA AND THE FOOD OF FREEDOM; CONTRIBUTORS; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES
Summary
This volume is comprised of a selection of revised and expanded papers presented at ""Table Talk: Perspectives on Food in Medieval Italian Literature, "" a panel held at the 40th annual convention of the Northeast Modern Langauge Association (Boston, Februar