Poisoned Cornucopia: Excess, Intemperance and Overabundance Across Cultures and Literatures

Editors Wolny and Nicieja present students, academics, and researchers with a collection of academic essays and articles that together provide an examination of the concepts of excess, intemperance, and overabundance in various cultures and literatures in both the Chinese speaking and English speaking cultures. The editors have organized the main body of their text in three parts covering literatures of excess, cultures of excess, and excess in film and mass media. Ryzard W. Wolny and Stankomir Nicieja are faculty members of the University of Opole, Poland. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)