Equivocal Spirits: Alcoholism and Drinking in Twentieth-Century Literature

By Thomas B. Gilmore

Book Overview

This first full-length study of drinking as it is depicted in literature is an interdisciplinary study of science and literature which explores the ways in which the scientific knowledge of alcoholism may enlighten the reader as well as the means by which literature may confirm, intensify, dramatize, extend, and occasionally even challenge empirical studies. Gilmore shows that literature conveys the complex struggle in an alcoholic fictional character or a real person in a way that science cannot.Originally published in 1987.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807817260
• ISBN13: 9780807817261
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Thoughtful and interesting

For anyone who is interested in the impact of outside social influences on the way writers write, this is a must read. This book is thoughtful, provocative, and interesting, with enough scholarly insight for the expert and lively and engaging commentary for the lay reader.