Doris Lanier

Absinthe--The Cocaine of the Nineteenth Century

A History of the Hallucinogenic Drug and Its Effect on Artists and Writers in Europe and the United States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A history of ""the green fairy"", this title presents a study of absinthe?s use and abuse; an exploration of the tremendous social problems (not unlike the cocaine problems of this century) it caused during the 19th century; and an examination of the extent to which the lives of talented young writers and artists became caught up in the craze.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9780786419678
• ISBN-10: 0786419679
• Artikelnr.: 22055912

Autorenporträt

Doris Lanier is an associate professor emerita of English and philosophy at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
1. A History of the Drink     
2. Abuse and Prohibition in France     
3. Verlaine, Rimbaud, Wilde and the Others     
4. From Van Gogh to Picasso     
5. New Orleans and Elsewhere in the United States     
Conclusion     
References     
Bibliography     
Index