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1. Intemperate Women: Female Inebriates, Temperance Fiction, and Nineteenth-Century Medicine.

Author

Temple, Gale

Subjects
*TEMPERANCE, *ALCOHOLISM in literature, *MEDICINE, *SOCIAL norms
Abstract

The article focuses on the portrayal of female inebriates in nineteenth-century American temperance fiction, particularly in Mary Spring Walker's "The Family Doctor". Topics include the gendered dynamics of alcoholism and its medical management, the societal pressures on women and their domestic roles, and the way institutionalized medicine in the 19th century shaped and reinforced norms around gender and health.

Published
2024
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3. Drunk on the page.

Author

RAINE, CRAIG

Subjects
*ALCOHOLISM in literature, *COMEDY, *AUTHORS
Abstract

The article discusses the use of drunken dialogue in literature and how various authors have managed to capture the essence of it. It mentions Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and Dickens' David Copperfield as examples of how drunken conversation has been captured in literature. It also talks about how Kipling and e.e. cummings have taken this a step further, and how the Great Gatsby uses drunkenness in a situational comedy.

Published
2023

4. Alcoholism in Literary Works.

Author

Djos, Matts G.

Subjects
Alcoholism in literature, Alcoholic beverages in literature, People with alcoholism in literature
Abstract

Study of alcohol-related literary works may be enriched by an understanding of how alcohol dependence affects the creative process. In reading the work of an alcoholic writer, a perceptive reader will not only discover some of the more common truths about the human condition (which are implicit in the work of any good writer), but also learn about the pathology, the compulsions, and the fears that are such a part of the alcoholic perspective.

Published
2023

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