As well as using food and meals to create character and add dramatic impact, Shakespeare litters his plays with food references used metaphorically. Continue reading “Food as Metaphor in Shakespeare”
Falstaff: The first literary foodie?
A few posts back when I was still on the Middle Ages I wrote about Geoffrey Chaucer’s innovative literary creation of a cook as a storyteller – see here Now that I’ve moved onto Shakespeare, I wonder if there’s another literary first here: the first foodie in English literature, Sir John Falstaff. Continue reading “Falstaff: The first literary foodie?”
Writing about writing
No recipes or musings on food in literature from me this week; instead, a post about my writing. Continue reading “Writing about writing”
Breakfast in Shakespeare
Rereading Henry IV Part One to find about the eating habits of Sir John Falstaff, Shakespeare’s rotund food-loving comic character, I noticed a number of references to breakfast. Continue reading “Breakfast in Shakespeare”