The Road of Excess: A History of Writers on Drugs
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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. Drawing on history, science, biography, literary analysis, and ethnography, Marcus Boon shows that the concept of drugs is fundamentally interdisciplinary, and reveals how different sets of connections between disciplines configure each drug's unique history.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674009142
ISBN13:9780674009141
Release Date:December 2002
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:339 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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