Chapter One: Patristic, Medieval, and Early Modern Views of Gluttony

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. A Note on the Text xii
6. Introduction: “Unsavory Food Perhaps” 1
7. Chapter One: Patristic, Medieval, and Early Modern Views of Gluttony 17
8. Chapter Two: An Anatomy of Gluttony in Paradise Lost 51
9. Chapter Three: Scatology and Devilish Glut in Paradise Lost 97
10. Chapter Four: Perfect Consumption, the Food of the Gods, and the Great Chain of Eating 141
11. Chapter Five: The Food of Love, the Paradise Within, Augustinian Triads, and the Body Resurrected 201
12. Chapter Six: The Temperate Poet and “This Flying Steed Unrein’d" 241
13. Notes 279
14. Bibliography 333
15. Index 355