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This 2000 book focuses on the significance of spice, and the spice trade, in Romantic literature, shedding light on the impact of the growing consumerism and capitalist ideology. Timothy Morton surveys literary, political, medical, travel, trade and philosophical literature, offering new readings of Keats, Shelley and Southey among many others.

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'Only one word describes Timothy Morton's The Poetics of Spice: Spicy. Like an exotic dish this book is both enticing and overwhelming.' BARS Bulletin

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The confection of spice: historical and theoretical considerations; 2. Trade winds; 3. Place settings; 4. Blood sugar; 5. Sound and scents: further investigations of space; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521026666, 978-0521026666
      ISBN10: 0521026660
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This 2000 book focuses on the significance of spice, and the spice trade, in Romantic literature, shedding light on the impact of the growing consumerism and capitalist ideology. Timothy Morton surveys literary, political, medical, travel, trade and philosophical literature, offering new readings of Keats, Shelley and Southey among many others.

      Trade Review
      'Only one word describes Timothy Morton's The Poetics of Spice: Spicy. Like an exotic dish this book is both enticing and overwhelming.' BARS Bulletin

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The confection of spice: historical and theoretical considerations; 2. Trade winds; 3. Place settings; 4. Blood sugar; 5. Sound and scents: further investigations of space; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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