The Resource Equivocal spirits : alcoholism and drinking in twentieth-century literature, Thomas B. Gilmore
Equivocal spirits : alcoholism and drinking in twentieth-century literature, Thomas B. Gilmore
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- Summary
- "Of the eight American Nobel Prize winners in literature, three--Sinclair Lewis, Eugene O'Neill and William Faulkner--were alcoholic drinkers, and two--Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck--were hard drinkers. Almost all critical comment about these writers has treated their drinking habits a somehow separate from their work. Thomas Gilmore argues that the result is neither good biography nor good literary criticism. He shows how the drinking and the work can each shed light on the other. Although readers and critics acknowledge that many modern writers tend to be heavy drinkers, [title] is the first full-length study of drinking as it is depicted in literature, both by writers who have had drinking problems and those who have not. This interdisciplinary study of science and literature explores the ways 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. Examining the work of Malcom Lowry, Evelyn Waugh, Eugene O'Neill, John Cheever, Saul BEllow, F. Scot Fitzgerald, John Berryman, Kingsley Amis, and George Orwell, Gilmore evaluates the major genres of modern literature--drama, poetry, the short story, the novel--for the distinctive portrayals of drinking or alcoholism. He argues that good literature resists stereotyping the alcoholic and portrays instead a figure divided into a welter of conflicting feelings. Gilmore shows that literature conveys the complex struggle in a fictional character or in a real person in a way that science--which must be diagnostic, analytical, and objective--cannot."--Cover [p. 4]
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 226 pages)
- Contents
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- The place of hallucinations in 'Under the Volcano'
- Brideshead revisited: Sebastian's alcoholism as a spiritual illness
- The iceman cometh and the anatomy of alcoholism
- Drinking and society in the fiction of John Cheever
- Albee's drinking: Bellow's The victim
- The winding road to Pat Hobby: Fitzgerald confronts alcoholism
- John Berryman and drinking: from jest to sober earnest
- Jim, Jake, and Gordon: alcohol and comedy
- Label
- Equivocal spirits : alcoholism and drinking in twentieth-century literature
- Title
- Equivocal spirits
- Title remainder
- alcoholism and drinking in twentieth-century literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Thomas B. Gilmore
- Subject
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- Consommation d'alcool dans la littérature
- O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953
- Alcoholism in literature
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Alcoholism in literature
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott, (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
- English fiction
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957
- Alcoolisme dans la littérature
- Alcooliques dans la littérature
- Cheever, John -- Criticism and interpretation
- Amis, Kingsley -- Criticism and interpretation
- Berryman, John, 1914-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Cheever, John
- Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Amis, Kingsley
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Alcoholics in literature
- Drinking customs in literature
- Bellow, Saul
- Berryman, John, 1914-1972
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- Alcoholics in literature
- Alcoholism
- 1900 - 1999
- Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966
- O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- American literature
- Bellow, Saul -- Criticism and interpretation
- Roman anglais -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Literature
- Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott, (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Drinking customs in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Of the eight American Nobel Prize winners in literature, three--Sinclair Lewis, Eugene O'Neill and William Faulkner--were alcoholic drinkers, and two--Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck--were hard drinkers. Almost all critical comment about these writers has treated their drinking habits a somehow separate from their work. Thomas Gilmore argues that the result is neither good biography nor good literary criticism. He shows how the drinking and the work can each shed light on the other. Although readers and critics acknowledge that many modern writers tend to be heavy drinkers, [title] is the first full-length study of drinking as it is depicted in literature, both by writers who have had drinking problems and those who have not. This interdisciplinary study of science and literature explores the ways 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. Examining the work of Malcom Lowry, Evelyn Waugh, Eugene O'Neill, John Cheever, Saul BEllow, F. Scot Fitzgerald, John Berryman, Kingsley Amis, and George Orwell, Gilmore evaluates the major genres of modern literature--drama, poetry, the short story, the novel--for the distinctive portrayals of drinking or alcoholism. He argues that good literature resists stereotyping the alcoholic and portrays instead a figure divided into a welter of conflicting feelings. Gilmore shows that literature conveys the complex struggle in a fictional character or in a real person in a way that science--which must be diagnostic, analytical, and objective--cannot."--Cover [p. 4]
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gilmore, Thomas B
- Dewey number
- 810/.9/355
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS228.A58
- LC item number
- G55 1987
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- WM 274
- NLM item number
- G488e 1987
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American literature
- English fiction
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- Drinking customs in literature
- Alcoholism in literature
- Alcoholics in literature
- Amis, Kingsley
- Bellow, Saul
- Berryman, John
- Cheever, John
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Lowry, Malcolm
- O'Neill, Eugene
- Orwell, George
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Alcoholism
- Literature
- Littérature américaine
- Alcoolisme dans la littérature
- Alcooliques dans la littérature
- Consommation d'alcool dans la littérature
- Roman anglais
- Amis, Kingsley
- Bellow, Saul
- Berryman, John
- Cheever, John
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Lowry, Malcolm
- O'Neill, Eugene
- Orwell, George
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Alcoholics in literature
- Alcoholism in literature
- American literature
- Drinking customs in literature
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- English fiction
- Label
- Equivocal spirits : alcoholism and drinking in twentieth-century literature, Thomas B. Gilmore
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The place of hallucinations in 'Under the Volcano' -- Brideshead revisited: Sebastian's alcoholism as a spiritual illness -- The iceman cometh and the anatomy of alcoholism -- Drinking and society in the fiction of John Cheever -- Albee's drinking: Bellow's The victim -- The winding road to Pat Hobby: Fitzgerald confronts alcoholism -- John Berryman and drinking: from jest to sober earnest -- Jim, Jake, and Gordon: alcohol and comedy
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 226 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1034665075
- Label
- Equivocal spirits : alcoholism and drinking in twentieth-century literature, Thomas B. Gilmore
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The place of hallucinations in 'Under the Volcano' -- Brideshead revisited: Sebastian's alcoholism as a spiritual illness -- The iceman cometh and the anatomy of alcoholism -- Drinking and society in the fiction of John Cheever -- Albee's drinking: Bellow's The victim -- The winding road to Pat Hobby: Fitzgerald confronts alcoholism -- John Berryman and drinking: from jest to sober earnest -- Jim, Jake, and Gordon: alcohol and comedy
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 226 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1034665075
Subject
- 1900 - 1999
- Alcoholics in literature
- Alcoholics in literature
- Alcoholism
- Alcoholism in literature
- Alcoholism in literature
- Alcooliques dans la littérature
- Alcoolisme dans la littérature
- American literature
- American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Amis, Kingsley
- Amis, Kingsley -- Criticism and interpretation
- Bellow, Saul
- Bellow, Saul -- Criticism and interpretation
- Berryman, John, 1914-1972
- Berryman, John, 1914-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Cheever, John
- Cheever, John -- Criticism and interpretation
- Consommation d'alcool dans la littérature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Drinking customs in literature
- Drinking customs in literature
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott, (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott, (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Literature
- Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957
- Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957 -- Criticism and interpretation
- O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953
- O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Roman anglais -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966
- Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966 -- Criticism and interpretation
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