How the giants ate a basilisk. Food and its meaning in Luigi Pulci's Morgante

Abstract

The article discusses the research of gastronomic metaphors and their meaning in the epic Morgante by Luigi Pulci (1432-1484). It was through the hyperbolization of gastronomic images that Pulci created a comic effect, which is one of the main features of his "new" chivalric world.

Keywords

• Morgante
• Pulci
• gastronomic metaphor
• comic poetry