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Psychopharmacology in British Literature and Culture, 1780-1900 (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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Psychopharmacology in British Literature and Culture, 1780-1900 (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
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This collection of essays examines the way psychoactive substances
are described and discussed within late eighteenth- and
nineteenth-century British literary and cultural texts. Covering
several genres, such as novels, poetry, autobiography and
non-fiction, individual essays provide insights on eighteenth- and
nineteenth-century understandings of drug effects of opium, alcohol
and many other plant-based substances. Contributors consider both
contemporary and recent medical knowledge in order to contextualise
and illuminate understandings of how drugs were utilised as
stimulants, as relaxants, for pleasure, as pain relievers and for
other purposes. Chapters also examine the novelty of
experimentations of drugs in conversation with the way literary
texts incorporate them, highlighting the importance of literary and
cultural texts for addressing ethical questions.
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