EXÓTICOS, ILUSTRADOS Y POLÉMICOS PLACERES DEL IMPERIO: EL CHOCOLATE, EL TÉ Y EL CAFÉ EN LA LITERATURA INGLESA (1650-1834).

EXOTIC, ENLIGHTENED AND CONTROVERSIAL PLEASURES OF EMPIRE: CHOCOLATE, TEA AND COFFEE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE (1650-1834).

ENGLISH literature; COFFEE in literature; CHOCOLATE in literature

In 1650, the first-ever English coffeehouse was established. This event triggered the fast-paced expansion of a business model that was to become an emblematic space for intellectual sociability. Chocolate houses followed closely behind, with the first that we know of starting to delight its customers around 1657. Tea quickly jumped onboard and became another staple of social drinking --which less than a century afterwards was to be considered the quintessence of Englishness itself. From the very beginning, these three substances were the target of heated controversy. This essay discusses literary representations of tea, coffee and chocolate, which account for some of the ways in which literature engages with and contributes to the formation, challenging and propagation of ideas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En 1650 el primer café de Inglaterra abrió sus puertas al público. Este evento inauguró la expansión acelerada de un modelo de negocio que al cabo de unas décadas se convertiría en el sitio emblemático de la sociabilidad con aspiraciones intelectuales. Las chocolaterías no se hicieron esperar, con la primera de que se tiene noticia en colmar las tazas de sus comensales en 1657. A estos dos elíxires novedosos pronto se les sumó el té como bebida esencial de consumo social. Desde el principio, las tres sustancias fueron blanco de acaloradas polémicas. En este ensayo se abordan representaciones literarias del té, el café y el chocolate que dan cuenta de las contribuciones estéticas e ideológicas del mundo de las letras a este intrigante fenómeno cultural. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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