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The hangover : a literary and cultural history / Jonathon Shears.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shears, Jonathon, author.
- Series:
- Liverpool scholarship online.
- Liverpool scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hangover in literature.
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- In the first comprehensive study of the hangover in literature and culture, Jonathon Shears sets out to answer each of these questions by exploring the representation of 'the morning after' in a wide variety of texts ranging from the Renaissance to the present day. The book looks at what examples of 'hangover literature' from writers such as Ben Jonson, Robert Burns, Charles Dickens, Kingsley Amis and A.L. Kennedy can add to our personal and cultural understanding of alcohol use. It demonstrates that, more than just a cluster of physical symptoms, the hangover is a complex interplay of sensations and emotions with a fascinating cultural history.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 15, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 1-80034-123-7
- 1-78962-738-9
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