Leftovers - Eating, Drinking Re Thinking With Case Studies From Post War French

The intrinsic ambivalence of eating and drinking often goes unrecognised. In Leftovers, Cruickshank's new theoretical approach reveals how representations of food, drink and their consumption proliferate with overlooked figurative, psychological, ideological and historical interpretative potential. Case studies of novels by Robbe-Grillet, Ernaux, Darrieussecq and Houellebecq demonstrate the transferrable potential of re-thinking eating and drinking.

About the author

Ruth Cruickshank is a Senior Lecturer in French and Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Cruickshank, Ruth Louise Cruickshank
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781789620672
• ISBN: 978-1-78962-067-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures; CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCO
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literaturtheorie, Französisch, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century