Mimesis and Metaphor: Food Imagery in International Twentieth-Century Women's Writing. Blodgett, H. Papers on Language \& Literature, 40(3):260--295, 2004.
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Examines the application of food imagery among the novels, short stories and poems of several twentieth-century women especially through concretizing sensory depiction of images both literal and figurative. Purpose in using food imagery by women; Discussion on why cooking offer persuasive explanation for women to be drawn to food imagery; Origin of criticism scrutinizing how women use food references; Impact of feminism on the use of food imagery.
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  title = {Mimesis and {Metaphor}: {Food} {Imagery} in {International} {Twentieth}-{Century} {Women}'s {Writing}},
  volume = {40},
  issn = {00311294},
  shorttitle = {Mimesis and {Metaphor}},
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  abstract = {Examines the application of food imagery among the novels, short stories and poems of several twentieth-century women especially through concretizing sensory depiction of images both literal and figurative.  Purpose in using food imagery by women; Discussion on why cooking offer persuasive explanation for women to be drawn to food imagery; Origin of criticism scrutinizing how women use food references; Impact of feminism on the use of food imagery.},
  number = {3},
  urldate = {2015-09-25TZ},
  journal = {Papers on Language \& Literature},
  author = {Blodgett, Harriet},
  year = {2004},
  keywords = {COOKING, FEMINISM, FIGURES of speech, FOOD, POETRY (Literary form) -- History \& criticism, SHORT stories, WOMEN authors},
  pages = {260--295}
}

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