Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876-1930

The first significant study of cocaine in the literary and cultural imagination of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this open access book offers an important exploration of the drug''s symbolic and metaphorical associations in the decades prior to its criminalization. Examining the paradoxical position of cocaine in this period by looking at its role as an icon of technology, modernity and idealised medical identity, alongside developing notions of habituation and dependence, this book reads texts such as the Sherlock Holmes stories, by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as work by Arthur Machen, W.C Morrow and Aleister Crowley. T ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Wellcome Trust.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas RJ Small, Douglas RJ. Small, Douglas RJ. (Edge Hill University Small
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2024
• EAN: 9781350400092
• ISBN: 978-1-350-40009-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Critical Interventions in the Medical and Health Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; 20th Century, MEDICAL / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, History of Medicine, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form