How to Drink (eBook)

A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing

Vincent Obsopoeus (Autor)

Michael Fontaine (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
320 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20084-2 (ISBN)

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A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498-1539) thought so. In the winelands of sixteenth-century Germany, he witnessed the birth of a poisonous new culture of bingeing, hazing, peer pressure, and competitive drinking. Alarmed, and inspired by the Roman poet Ovid's Art of Love, he wrote The Art of Drinking (De Arte Bibendi) (1536), a how-to manual for drinking with pleasure and discrimination. In How to Drink, Michael Fontaine offers the first proper English translation of Obsopoeus's text, rendering his poetry into spirited, contemporary prose and uncorking a forgotten classic that will appeal to drinkers of all kinds and (legal) ages.Arguing that moderation, not abstinence, is the key to lasting sobriety, and that drinking can be a virtue if it is done with rules and limits, Obsopoeus teaches us how to manage our drinking, how to win friends at social gatherings, and how to give a proper toast. But he also says that drinking to excess on occasion is okay-and he even tells us how to win drinking games, citing extensive personal experience.Complete with the original Latin on facing pages, this sparkling work is as intoxicating today as when it was first published.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.4.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
• Reihe/Serie: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
• Übersetzer: Michael Fontaine
• Zusatzinfo: 1 b/w illus. 1 table.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: alcoholism • Allegory • Allusion • ancient wine • author • Bacchus • Bartender • Binge Drinking • Blitzkrieg • Blurb • bon appetit • Boredom • Calumny of Apelles (Botticelli) • Castalian Spring • Catullus • classical Athens • classical latin • Cleitus (mythology) • college drinking • courtesy • Croesus • Cyathus • Death • Decanter • Decorum • Digression • Dionysus • Drinking • drinking customs • drinking etiquette • edema • Edition (book) • egotism • Eloquence • Embarrassment • Etiquette • excessive drinking • Falernian wine • Fever Dream (short story) • Filth (novel) • flattery • Generosity • Georgics • german wine • gifts for foodies • gifts for groomsmen • gifts for wine enthusiasts • gifts for wine lovers • Gluttony • god of wine • greatness • Hag • Hangover • Hesiod • Hieronymus Bosch • Hurrying • Hybla • Iacchus • Idiot • Irony • irresponsible drinking • Krater • Kylix (drinking cup) • laughter • Libation • Libido • liqueur • Lunch • Maenad • man overboard • mark forsyth • Masculinity • meal • Methe • Molosser • Muse • Neglect • nymph • Odysseus • Palinode • Peer Pressure • pen name • Pentheus • Philip Melanchthon • Plautus • Poetry • polyphemus • potion • preface • proverb • Psoriasis • Pythagoreanism • Quintilian • Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist • red wine • responsible drinking • river lethe • rules of toasting • Self-control • Self Help • Short History of Drunkenness • Silenus • SMIRK • Snifter • sobriety • Suffering • teaching responsible drinking • teetotalism • terence • The Birth of Venus • The Garden of Earthly Delights • The Reader • Thought • Thrasos • Two-front war • V. • Venus Anadyomene • Vineyards • Viniculture • Vitellius • Wealth • Western literature • wine • Wine Culture • wine shops • Wine Spectator
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20084-X / 069120084X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20084-2 / 9780691200842