12. The Topos of Hunger

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Part 1. The Forfeiture of Happiness: The Beginning
5. 1. Paradise Lost 3
6. 2. Contours of a Book 13
7. 3. The Power of Literature 28
8. Part 2. Texts as Maps
9. 4. Rhyming Texts L and B, Prose Text G 33
10. 5. The Two Rhyming Texts on the Land of Cockaigne 45
11. 6. Recitation and Writing 55
12. 7. Oral Structures in Writing 62
13. 8. The Existing Potential 73
14. 9. The Prose Text on Luilekkerland 77
15. Part 3. Eating to Forget
16. 10. Eating Habits 89
17. 11. Hunger and Scarcity 100
18. 12. The Topos of Hunger 107
19. 13. The Intoxicating Effect of Fasting 118
20. 14. Gorging in Self-Defense 128
21. 15. Food in Motion 137
22. 16. Literary Refreshment 147
23. Part 4. Paradise Refurbished
24. 17. The Land of Cockaigne As Paradise 165
25. 18. Never Say Die 182
26. 19. Heavenly Rewards 191
27. 20. Other Paradises 207
28. 21. Lovely Places, Golden Ages 216
29. 22. Wonder Gardens and Pleasure Parks 230
30. 23. Dreams of Immortality 236
31. Part 5. The Imagination Journeys Forth
32. 24. Geographical Musings 245
33. 25. Real Dreamworlds 255
34. 26. Wonders of East and West 263
35. 27. Fanciful Destinations 281
36. 28. Virtual Dreamlands 289
37. Part 6. Heretical Excesses
38. 29. The Thousand-Year Reign of Peace and Prosperity 301
39. 30. Heresies of the Free Spirit 311
40. 31. Sex Adam-and-Eve Style 318
41. 32. Low-Country Heterodoxy 325
42. Part 7. Learning as a Matter of Survival
43. 33. Didactic Differences 337
44. 34. Topsy-Turvy Worlds 352
45. 35. Hard Times 365
46. 36. Moderation, Ambition, and Decorum 372
47. 37. Lessons In Pragmatism 384
48. Part 8. Dreaming of Cockaigne: The End
49. 38. The Name Cockaigne 391
50. 39. A Depreciated Cultural Asset 403
51. 40. From Countryside to Town 413
52. 41. The Necessity Oof Fiction 423
53. Appendixes
54. 1. Middle Dutch Rhyming Texts on Cockaigne 431
55. 2. Dutch Prose Text of 1546 on Luilekkerland 438
56. 3. Dutch Poems Appearing in English Translation 443
57. Sources 451
58. Bibliography 489
59. Index 515