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elstaffe
is on page 146 of 435
"Post-1950s conditions in the consuming West have changed the relation of many infants to scarcity and need: death does not bear them away as it did—thankfully, though poverty and all its attendant ills (which include junk food) still bedevil many families in most prosperous and stable societies, including Britain and the United States." (146) ah yes, poverty definitely causes *checks notes* junk food?
— Aug 07, 2026 02:19PM
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elstaffe
is on page 111 of 435
"...ambitious comic carnival drama: a series of adventures with animated effigies—including a giant fourteen-foot Guy, a Rastafarian singer, a game host, and some enormous snails racing in a snail race." (111) as is...traditional?
— Aug 02, 2026 07:25PM
elstaffe
is on page 110 of 435
"In the village of Sticklepath in Devon," (110) STICKLEPATH
— Aug 02, 2026 07:24PM
elstaffe
is on page 107 of 435
"'Cock Lorrel's Treat' was printed in Thomas Percy's first edition of Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, but it was removed by the book's learned (and Anglican) editor after the Duchess of Northumberland became his patron and he assumed it might offend her.
The title refers to a satire that Wynkyn de Worde printed," (395) wait that was the name of a printer???
— Aug 02, 2026 07:22PM
The title refers to a satire that Wynkyn de Worde printed," (395) wait that was the name of a printer???
elstaffe
is on page 36 of 435
"The most terrifying of bogeys may not always be men (or women, but their connection with food remains constant: they are ravenous, and ravenous for the wrong food. ... When it comes to ogres in fantasy, the fundamental principle behind ideas of pollution can be applied with a difference—not dirt in the wrong place, but the wrong food on the table dished up in the wrong way." (36)
— Jun 30, 2026 04:22PM
elstaffe
is on page 18 of 435
"But such metamorphoses can also provide release from self: they are a form of joking, of storytelling, and they offer supple resources for transforming anxiety into pleasure." (18) supple
— Jun 30, 2026 06:59AM