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In:Nordic Literature: A comparative history: Volume II: Figural nodes
Edited by Steven P. Sondrup, Mark B. Sandberg, Nathaniel Kramer, Christopher Oscarson, Linda Haverty Rugg and Karin Sanders
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages 38] 2026
► pp. 207–225

Tantalizing food

Figures of fasting and freedom

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Article outline
  • The Reformation: To fast or not to fast
  • An enlightened eating regimen
  • The modern Nordic Tantalus complex
  • Works cited
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