Saints and symposiasts: the literature of food and the symposium in greco-roman and early christian culture
Auteur :
König, Jason
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108820196
Date de publication :
28 mai 2020
Dimensions :
15,0 x 23,0 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
620 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Explores the afterlife of the classical Greek symposium in the Greco-Roman and early Christian culture of the Roman Empire. Argues that writing about consumption and conversation continued to matter, communicating distinctive ideas about how to talk and think, and distinctive and often destabilising visions of human identity and holiness.