The road of excess : a history of writers on drugs / Marcus Boon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boon, Marcus.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drugs in literature.

Authors--Drug use.

Authors.

Literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the antiquity of Homer to yesterday's Naked Lunch, writers have found inspiration, and readers have lost themselves, in a world of the imagination tinged and oftentimes transformed by drugs. The age-old association of literature and drugs receives its first comprehensive treatment in this far-reaching work.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Prologue

1. Addicted to Nothingness: Narcotics and Literature

2. The Voice of the Blood: Anesthetics and Literature

3. The Time of the Assassin: Cannabis and Literature

4. Induced Life: Stimulants and Literature

5. The Imaginal Realms: Psychedelics and Literature

Epilogue

Bibliography

Notes

Acknowledgments

Illustration Credits

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-302) and index.

ISBN:

0-674-26218-2

0-674-02851-1

OCLC:

451019753