Reviewed by Mollie Cox Bryan
Food and politics are scattered throughout today’s headlines, but food has always been a part of the political conversation, whether it’s blatant or not—and writers have often used food as metaphor for love, life, politics, and more. In Emile Zola’s “The Belly of Paris” the writer skillfully weaves food into the [...]
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Reviewed by Audrey L. Vest
The Victorian Era in England at the height of the British Empire was a time of tremendous expansion. Public morals were strict, yet many Londoners lived in the grip of poverty and crime, especially prostitution. Charles Dickens depicted the harsh lot of the poor in his novels, populated with unforgettable characters. [...]
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