The Boastful Chef
| Author | : John Wilkins |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 502 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| ISBN-10 | : 019924068X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780199240685 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (685 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Boastful Chef by : John Wilkins
Download or read book The Boastful Chef written by John Wilkins and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the importance of food to ancient Greek comedy: it was a medium through which comedy could represent the material, social, agricultural, political and religious worlds to the Greek city-state. The text also contains translations of hundreds of comic fragments; and it reassesses the division of comedy into Sicilian and Attic Old, Middle, and New.
