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The Existential drinker
Langbeschreibung
Drinking to excess has been a striking problem for industrial and post-industrial societies - who is responsible when an individual opts for a slow suicide? The causes of such drinking have often been blamed on genes, moral weakness, 'disease' (addiction), hedonism, and Romantic illusion. Yet there is another reason: the drinker may act with sincere philosophical intent, exploring the edges of self, consciousness, will, ethics, authenticity and finitude. Beginning with Jack London's John Barleycorn: alcoholic memoirs the book goes on to cover novels such as Jean Rhys's Good morning, midnight, Malcolm Lowry's Under the volcano, Charles Jackson's The lost weekend and John O'Brien's Leaving Las Vegas, and less familiar works such as Frederick Exley's A fan's notes, Venedikt Yerofeev's Moscow-Petushki, and A. L. Kennedy's Paradise.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
I Whiffs and gleams 1 Habitual drunkards and metaphysics: case studies from the Victorian period2 Jack London, John Barleycorn (1913): truthII The Existential drinkers3 Jean Rhys and drunken consciousness (1929-1939) 4 Charles Jackson, The Lost Weekend (1944): life projects5 Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano (1947).: singular experiences6 Hans Fallada, The Drinker (1950): absurdity7 Brian Moore, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1955): abandonment8 Frederick Exley, A Fan's Notes (1968): authenticity9 Venedikt Yerofeev, Moscow-Petushki (1970): self and othersIII Enough: attic, Vegas, paradise10 William Kennedy, Ironweed (1983): fugitive souls and free spirits11 John O'Brien, Leaving Las Vegas (1990): suicide12 A. L. Kennedy, Paradise (2004): loveConclusionBibliography
Steven Earnshaw
ISBN-13:
9781526134721
Veröffentl:
2018
Seiten:
288
Autor:
Steven Earnshaw
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
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