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The Seven Deadly Sins

by Francine Prose
language: english
Publisher: Oxford University Press, November of 2003 ‧
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This brief history of gluttony traces the changing cultural attitudes towards food and pleasure, scarcity and abundance. It reveals how notions of saintliness and purity have helped form modern views of enjoyment, self-mortification and ultimately nutrition.

Gluttony

The Seven Deadly Sins

by Francine Prose

Property Description
ISBN: 9780190288945
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: November of 2003
Language: English
Format: eBook
File Format and Compatibility:
Collection: New York Public Library Lectures In Humanities
Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Essays
eBooks in English > Faith & Religion > Morality and Ethics
eBooks in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Philosophy
EAN: 9780190288945
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Francine Prose

Francise Prose nasceu em 1947, em Nova Iorque. Romancista e ensaísta é autora de uma vasta obra, que inclui mais de uma dezena de romances, designadamente A Changed Man e Blue Angel (finalista do National Book Award). Reconhecida crítica literária, ensina Literatura e Escrita Criativa há mais de vinte anos em diversas universidades norte-americanas, como Harvard ou Columbia. Vive em Nova Iorque com o marido e dois filhos.

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