Writing under the influence: alcoholism and the alcoholic perception from Hemingway to Berryman
Djos, Matts G.
In this book, the author conducts a literary exploration of the alcoholic perception as expressed in the poems and stories of some of America's finest contemporary writers. INDICE: Foreword: Alcohol from the Perspective of the Alcoholic Writer TheFoundations of Alcoholic Thinking and the Role of Fantasy, Alienation, and Rebellion Alcoholism in Ernest Hemingway's ' The Sun Also Rises ': A Wine and Roses Perspective of the Lost Generation Addiction and Spirituality in Contemporary American Poetry: Frustration and Paradox John Berryman's 'Phase Four' and His Precarious Attempt to Find a Compromise Between Drunkenness, Sobriety, andthe A.A. Twelve Step Program The Grand Illusion: Evasion, Survival, and Self-Hate The Alcoholic Isolation and Fall to Self-Destruction in Edwin Arlington Robinson's ' Mr. Flood's Party' Sex and Promiscuity: Conjugal Detachment and the Fear of Intimacy Alcoholic Guilt and Emotional Paralysis: Bathos, Incongruity, and Frustration The Contaminated Vision: The Alcoholic Perspective in Hart Crane's 'The Wine Menagerie' Clowns and Bedlam: The Dark Side of Alcoholic Humour Through a Glass Darkly: Death and Dissolution Afterword
- ISBN: 978-0-230-10260-6
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 188
- Fecha Publicación: 25/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés