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The Taste of Food in Hell: Cognition and the Buried Myth of Tantalus in Early Modern English Texts
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“…Focusing on the depictions of sensory punishments in hell, ruler in hell feeding upon the Zoacum tree. 12 By referring to this tree, Marlowe uses "early modern source materials on Islam and Turkey to present Zoacum as confusingly both delightfully abundant and disgusting." 13 Seymour interprets the inclusion of the tree and its fruit as evoking "the rhythm of Tantalus's torment" through "dual attraction and repulsion."…”
Section: Tamburlainementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Focusing on the depictions of sensory punishments in hell, ruler in hell feeding upon the Zoacum tree. 12 By referring to this tree, Marlowe uses "early modern source materials on Islam and Turkey to present Zoacum as confusingly both delightfully abundant and disgusting." 13 Seymour interprets the inclusion of the tree and its fruit as evoking "the rhythm of Tantalus's torment" through "dual attraction and repulsion."…”
Section: Tamburlainementioning
confidence: 99%
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