The Poetics of Spice: Romantic Consumerism and the ExoticThis 2000 book explores the literary and cultural significance of spice, and the spice trade, in Romantic literature. |
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| Title | The Poetics of Spice: Romantic Consumerism and the Exotic Volume 42 of Cambridge Studies in Romanticism |
| Author | Timothy Morton |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0521026660, 9780521026666 |
| Length | 300 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / General |
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