A Brief Breviary of Wine and Drunkenness (French edition) By Claudine Brécourt-Villars

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Dive into this Little Breviary of Wine and Intoxication by Claudine Brécourt-Villars, an unusual dictionary of words and expressions related to wine, drink, and intoxication in French literature. From Rabelais to Apollinaire, more than a hundred delicious, slang, and poetic terms mingle with quotes from authors, for a scholarly and jubilant journey into the heart of the culture of wine and language.

Author: Claudine Wolikow
Language: French 🇫🇷

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The A Brief Breviary of Wine and Drunkenness of Claudine Brécourt-Villars is a true celebration of the French language and its intimate relationship with wine and to theIntoxication. For centuries, wine has inspired writers, poets, and songwriters: it flows through the texts of Rabelais, he sprinkles the verses withApollinaire, it feeds drinking songs and irrigates the literary imagination.

This erudite and playful dictionary gathers more than a hundred words and expressions, from "Drinking trough" to "Zinc", which testify to the lexical and cultural richness of wine. Illustrated with quotes from illustrious authors, this work is to be savored like a tasting: each word reveals a new facet of the relationship between language and the beverage.

Alcohol, here, is not just a substance: it becomes a vector of literary eroticism, bold metaphors, humorous remarks, and vivid expressions. A wine has "of the thigh", October 2023. "uncork a bottle", we say to each other "fond of blondes"… so many expressions that bring a smile and remind us how the French language knows how to indulge.

The author, Claudine Brécourt-Villars, a recognized specialist in the literature and ideas of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, offers here a glossary full of liveliness and intelligence. She has already authored several dictionaries and biographies, including The Words of Arletty (Alphonse Allais Humor Prize in 1989). At the publishers The Table Ronde, she also published From the convent to the brothel (2017), Eros, Anthology of Erotic Literature (2019) and Words of the table, words of the mouth (2019).

This A Brief Breviary of Wine and Drunkenness is enjoyed like a good bottle: in small sips, savoring every word, every quote, every literary nod.

A book to give and to treat yourself

Whether you are wine enthusiast, passionate about French literature or simply curious about the colorful expressions of our language, this book is a true gem to have in one's library. It will also make an ideal gift for lovers of wine culture, of thehistory of words and of theLiterary intoxication.