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(Ebook) How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Vincent Obsopoeus, Michael Fontaine ISBN 9780691192147, 9780691200842, 0691192146, 069120084X

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Authors:Vincent Obsopoeus, Michael Fontaine
Pages:180 pages.
Year:2020
Editon:Illustrated
Publisher:PrincetonUP
Language:english
File Size:1.45 MB
Format:epub
ISBNS:9780691192147, 9780691200842, 0691192146, 069120084X
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(Ebook) How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Vincent Obsopoeus, Michael Fontaine ISBN 9780691192147, 9780691200842, 0691192146, 069120084X

A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom

Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498–1539) thought so. In the winelands of sixteenth-century Germany, he witnessed the birth of a poisonous new culture of bingeing, hazing, peer pressure, and competitive drinking. Alarmed, and inspired by the Roman poet Ovid's Art of Love, he wrote The Art of Drinking (De Arte Bibendi) (1536), a how-to manual for drinking with pleasure and discrimination. In How to Drink, Michael Fontaine offers the first proper English translation of Obsopoeus's text, rendering his poetry into spirited, contemporary prose and uncorking a forgotten classic that will appeal to drinkers of all kinds and (legal) ages.

Arguing that moderation, not abstinence, is the key to lasting sobriety, and that drinking can be a virtue...

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