Abstract
Short fiction is a format heartily embraced by the Irish literary imagination since the nineteenth century. This paper takes a gastrocritical approach to investigate the role of food in selected stories from the recently published anthology The Art of the Glimpse (2020). It shows that through the years, food and foodways have been valuable tools for Irish writers, providing setting and context, themes and symbols, plot points, conflicts, characterisation, as well as the quintessential epiphanies. Presented as conference paper at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2021.
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Food and Imagination |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2021 |
| Editors | Mark McWilliams |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Prospect Books |
| Pages | 267-276 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-909248-76-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Jul 2022 |
| Event | Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2021 - Oxford, United Kingdom Duration: 9 Jul 2021 → 11 Jul 2021 |
Conference
| Conference | Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2021 |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Oxford |
| Period | 9/07/21 → 11/07/21 |
| Other | Food and Imagination |
Keywords
- short fiction
- Irish literary imagination
- gastrocritical approach
- food
- foodways
- setting
- context
- themes
- symbols
- plot points
- conflicts
- characterisation
- epiphanies