Summary

A sumptous collection of literary writing celebrating the delights and disappointments of food and eating, ranging from prose to poetry, from the world's most established literary figures, such as Homer and Ben Johnson to writers of the late 20th century.Meticulously compiled by Sydney University academic Don Anderson, this is an anthology for foodies and philosophers, gourmands and gastronomers.... and just anyone who loves to eat and loves to read. BANQUET OF THE MIND includes an introduction and biographical notes on the selected authors, who writings and pieces are excerpted in this luscious feast for the soul: Homes, Petronicus, Thoreau, Lewis Carroll, Henry James, Theodore Dreiser, Katherine Mansfield, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, Edith Wharton, Samuel Beckett, Frank Sargeson, Thomas Pynchon, and many more..