The Duchess of Malfi's Apricots, and Other Literary Fruits

The Duchess of Malfi's Apricots, and Other Literary Fruits

by Robert Palter

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"What is the powerful cultural significance of mangoes to contemporary Hispanic American writers? How does the strange sex life of figs relate to literature? Why are bananas the humorous fruit par excellence, and how are grapefruits anomalous among the citruses?". "Literary episodes featuring fruit are pervasive across genre and cultural tradition, occurring in the Bible, modern and contemporary literature, and everywhere in between. Robert Palter provides a meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated account of this phenomenon. The Duchess of Malfi's Apricots, and Other Literary Fruits is a lively and far-ranging investigation of the way fruit has been used in literature to express the entire gamut of human experience from desire, love, and religious fervor to anger, hate, and horror. The visual arts - including sculpture, painting, and printmaking - are also richly represented, with some fifty illustrations, most of them in color."--BOOK JACKET.

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