Zola and the Gorgons

Cheese and Gossip in Le Ventre De Paris

Authors

  • William Sayers Cornell University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28601

Keywords:

Le Ventre de Paris, Zola, food and literature, sensory faculties, smell, Synesthesia, markets, Paris

Abstract

This article explores the olfactory sensations evoked by passages in Zola's novel based on the huge indoor food market, Le Ventre de Paris (The Belly of Paris, 1873).

Author Biography

  • William Sayers, Cornell University

    William Sayers is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at Cornell University. He writes on medieval western European languages and literature and works in collection development in the Cornell University Library system.

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Published

2012-08-01

Issue

PPC 96 (2012)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Sayers, William. 2012. “Zola and the Gorgons: Cheese and Gossip in Le Ventre De Paris”. Petits Propos Culinaires, August, 72-79. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28601.