Bacchus in Romantic England: Writers and Drink 1780-1830 (Romanticism in Perspective:Texts, Cultures, Histories) by Taylor, A

Palgrave Macmillan, 11/11/1998 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 2.8179 in x 23.1724 in x 16.6773 in.

E-014: Palgrave Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Palgrave Macmillan. 1999. 264 pages. Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. The DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ. No ownership marks present. The text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards have light shelf wear present. Bacchus in Romantic England describes real drunkenness among writers and ordinary people in the Romantic age. It grounds this 'reality' in writings by doctors and philanthropists from 1780 onwards, who describe an epidemic of drunkenness. These commentators provide a context for the different ways that poets and novelists of the age represent drunkards. Wordsworth writes poems and essays evaluating the drunken career of his model Robert Burns. Charles Lamb's essays and letters reveal a real and metaphorical preoccupation with his own drinking as a way of disguising his personal suffering; his companion Coleridge writes… Read More

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