Literature and intoxication : writing, politics and the experience of excess /: writing, politics and the experience of excess. (2015)
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- Book
- Title:
- Literature and intoxication : writing, politics and the experience of excess /: writing, politics and the experience of excess. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Literature and intoxication : writing, politics and the experience of excess
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Eugene Brennan, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 and Russell Williams, American University of Paris, France.
- Editors:
- Brennan, Eugene, 1988-
Williams, Russell, 1977- - Contents:
- Introduction; Eugene Brennan and Russell Williams -- PART I: CULTURAL HISTORIES OF INTOXICATION -- 1. Writing and Intoxication: Drunken Philosophers, Crack Addicts and the Perpetual Present; Russell Williams -- 2. The Green Jam of 'Doctor X'. Science and Literature at the Club des Hashischins; Mike Jay -- PART II: POETIC INTOXICATIONS -- 3. Mourning and Mania: Visions of Intoxication and Death in the Poetry of Georges Bataille; Eugene Brennan -- 4. 'Riding the Lines'. The Poetics of the 'Chevauchements' in Henri Michaux's Drug Experiments; Mathieu Perrot -- 5. Fabulous Operas, Rock'n'Roll Shows: The Intoxication and Poetic Experimentation of Arthur Rimbaud and Jim Morrison; Alessandro Cabiati -- PART III: DIPSOMANIACAL NOVELISTS -- 6. Tipsiness and 'the Reigning Stupefaction' in the British Fiction of the Late 1940s; Joe Kennedy -- 7. 'Drink, She Said': Around the World of Durassian Alcohol; Anne-Lucille Gérardot -- PART IV: POLITICAL AND THEORETICAL CRITIQUES OF INTOXICATION -- 8. Intoxication and Toxicity in a 'Pharmacopornographic Era': Beatriz Preciado's Testo Junkie; Joshua Rivas -- 9. A Systemised Derangement of the Senses: The Situationist International and the Biopolitics of Dérive; Christopher Collier and Joanna Figiel -- 10. 'Beau comme le tremblement des mains dans l'alcoolisme': A Cavalier History of Drugs and Intoxication in the Situationist International; Alastair Hemmens -- 11. Intoxication and Acceleration: The Politics of Immanence; Benjamin Noys -- SelectedIntroduction; Eugene Brennan and Russell Williams -- PART I: CULTURAL HISTORIES OF INTOXICATION -- 1. Writing and Intoxication: Drunken Philosophers, Crack Addicts and the Perpetual Present; Russell Williams -- 2. The Green Jam of 'Doctor X'. Science and Literature at the Club des Hashischins; Mike Jay -- PART II: POETIC INTOXICATIONS -- 3. Mourning and Mania: Visions of Intoxication and Death in the Poetry of Georges Bataille; Eugene Brennan -- 4. 'Riding the Lines'. The Poetics of the 'Chevauchements' in Henri Michaux's Drug Experiments; Mathieu Perrot -- 5. Fabulous Operas, Rock'n'Roll Shows: The Intoxication and Poetic Experimentation of Arthur Rimbaud and Jim Morrison; Alessandro Cabiati -- PART III: DIPSOMANIACAL NOVELISTS -- 6. Tipsiness and 'the Reigning Stupefaction' in the British Fiction of the Late 1940s; Joe Kennedy -- 7. 'Drink, She Said': Around the World of Durassian Alcohol; Anne-Lucille Gérardot -- PART IV: POLITICAL AND THEORETICAL CRITIQUES OF INTOXICATION -- 8. Intoxication and Toxicity in a 'Pharmacopornographic Era': Beatriz Preciado's Testo Junkie; Joshua Rivas -- 9. A Systemised Derangement of the Senses: The Situationist International and the Biopolitics of Dérive; Christopher Collier and Joanna Figiel -- 10. 'Beau comme le tremblement des mains dans l'alcoolisme': A Cavalier History of Drugs and Intoxication in the Situationist International; Alastair Hemmens -- 11. Intoxication and Acceleration: The Politics of Immanence; Benjamin Noys -- Selected bibliography -- Index. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 809/.933561
Literature
Substance abuse and literature
Authorship -- Psychological aspects
Literature, Modern -- History and criticism
Politics and literature
Poetry
European literature
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
Literary studies: poetry & poets
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Literary studies: general
Authorship -- Psychological aspects
Literature, Modern
Politics and literature
Substance abuse and literature
Social Science -- General
Literary Criticism -- Poetry
Literary Criticism -- European -- General
Literary Criticism -- General
Cultural studies
Literary studies: from c 1900
Literature: history & criticism
Literary Criticism -- Semiotics & Theory
Literary theory
Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137487667
1137487666
9781137487674
1137487674 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781349565184
9781137487650
1137487658 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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