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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...

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Main Author: Boon, Marcus (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [2002]
Subjects:
Drugs in literature.
Authors > Drug use.
Literature, Modern > History and criticism.
Comparative literature > Themes, motives.
Drogues dans la littérature.
Écrivains > Usage des drogues.
Littérature comparée > Thèmes, motifs.
Literature.
Comparative literature > Themes, motives
Authors > Drug use
Drugs in literature
Literature, Modern
Literaturproduktion
Rauschgift
Schriftsteller
Letterkunde.
Drugsgebruik.
Schrijvers.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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by Boon, Marcus
Published 2002
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