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The white logic : alcoholism and gender in American modernist fiction, John W. Crowley
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- Summary
- "There are no second acts in American lives." F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous pronouncement, an epitaph for his own foreshortened career, points out a pattern of imaginative blight common to writers of the Lost Generation. As John W. Crowley shows in this engaging study, excessive drinking had a crucial effect on the frequently diminished fortunes of these writers. Indeed, the modernists - especially the men - were a decidedly drunken lot. The first extended literary analysis to take account of recent work by social historians on the temperance movement, this book examines the relationship between intoxication and addiction in American life and letters during the first half of the twentieth century. In explaining the transition from Victorian to modern paradigms of heavy drinking, Crowley focuses on representative fictions. He considers the historical formation of "alcoholism" and earlier concepts of habitual drunkenness and their bearing on the social construction of gender roles. He also defines the "drunk narrative," a mode of fiction that expresses the conjunction of modernism and alcoholism in a pervasive ideology of despair - the White Logic of John Barleycorn, London's nihilistic lord of the spirits
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages)
- Contents
-
- From intemperance to alcoholism in the fiction of W.D. Howells
- Memoirs of an alcoholic: John Barelycorn
- Bulls, balls, and booze: The sun also rises
- The drunkard's holiday: Tender is the night
- The infernal grove: Appointment in Samarra
- Transcendence downward: Nightwood
- After the lost generation: The lost weekend
- Isbn
- 9781122054003
- Label
- The white logic : alcoholism and gender in American modernist fiction
- Title
- The white logic
- Title remainder
- alcoholism and gender in American modernist fiction
- Statement of responsibility
- John W. Crowley
- Subject
-
- Alcoholics
- Alcoholics -- United States -- Biography
- Alcoholics in literature
- Alcoholics in literature
- Alcoholism
- Alcoholism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Alcoholism in literature
- Alcoholism in literature
- Alcoholisme
- Alcoholisten
- Alcooliques -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Alcooliques -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Alcooliques dans la littérature
- Alcoolisme -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
- Alcoolisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Alcoolisme dans la littérature
- Alcoolisme dans la littérature
- Alkoholismus
- American fiction
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Alcohol use
- Authors, American -- Alcohol use
- Biographies
- Boissons -- Fonctions sociales, dans la littérature
- Consommation d'alcool -- Dans la littérature
- Consommation d'alcool dans la littérature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Drinking customs in literature
- Drinking customs in literature
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- Dronkenschap
- Electronic books
- Fictie
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Modernism (Literature)
- Modernism (Literature) -- United States
- Modernisme (Littérature) -- États-Unis
- Modernisme (littérature) -- États-Unis
- Roman
- Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Rôle selon le sexe -- Dans la littérature
- Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature
- Sex role in literature
- Sex role in literature
- USA
- 1900-1999
- Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Consommation d'alcool
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "There are no second acts in American lives." F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous pronouncement, an epitaph for his own foreshortened career, points out a pattern of imaginative blight common to writers of the Lost Generation. As John W. Crowley shows in this engaging study, excessive drinking had a crucial effect on the frequently diminished fortunes of these writers. Indeed, the modernists - especially the men - were a decidedly drunken lot. The first extended literary analysis to take account of recent work by social historians on the temperance movement, this book examines the relationship between intoxication and addiction in American life and letters during the first half of the twentieth century. In explaining the transition from Victorian to modern paradigms of heavy drinking, Crowley focuses on representative fictions. He considers the historical formation of "alcoholism" and earlier concepts of habitual drunkenness and their bearing on the social construction of gender roles. He also defines the "drunk narrative," a mode of fiction that expresses the conjunction of modernism and alcoholism in a pervasive ideology of despair - the White Logic of John Barleycorn, London's nihilistic lord of the spirits
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Crowley, John William
- Dewey number
- 813/.509356
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PS374.A42
- LC item number
- C76 1994eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American fiction
- Alcoholism
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- Authors, American
- Modernism (Literature)
- Alcoholics
- Drinking customs in literature
- Alcoholism in literature
- Alcoholics in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Roman américain
- Alcoolisme
- Consommation d'alcool dans la littérature
- Écrivains américains
- Modernisme (Littérature)
- Alcooliques
- Boissons
- Alcoolisme dans la littérature
- Alcooliques dans la littérature
- Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Alcoholics
- Alcoholics in literature
- Alcoholism
- Alcoholism in literature
- American fiction
- Authors, American
- Drinking customs in literature
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- Modernism (Literature)
- Sex role in literature
- United States
- Alkoholismus
- Alcoholisme
- Alcoholisten
- Dronkenschap
- Fictie
- Roman américain
- Alcoolisme
- Alcooliques
- Alcoolisme dans la littérature
- Consommation d'alcool
- Rôle selon le sexe
- Modernisme (littérature)
- Roman
- USA
- Label
- The white logic : alcoholism and gender in American modernist fiction, John W. Crowley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-193) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- From intemperance to alcoholism in the fiction of W.D. Howells -- Memoirs of an alcoholic: John Barelycorn -- Bulls, balls, and booze: The sun also rises -- The drunkard's holiday: Tender is the night -- The infernal grove: Appointment in Samarra -- Transcendence downward: Nightwood -- After the lost generation: The lost weekend
- Control code
- 43475466
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781122054003
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)43475466
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- The white logic : alcoholism and gender in American modernist fiction, John W. Crowley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-193) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- From intemperance to alcoholism in the fiction of W.D. Howells -- Memoirs of an alcoholic: John Barelycorn -- Bulls, balls, and booze: The sun also rises -- The drunkard's holiday: Tender is the night -- The infernal grove: Appointment in Samarra -- Transcendence downward: Nightwood -- After the lost generation: The lost weekend
- Control code
- 43475466
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781122054003
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)43475466
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Alcoholics
- Alcoholics -- United States -- Biography
- Alcoholics in literature
- Alcoholics in literature
- Alcoholism
- Alcoholism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Alcoholism in literature
- Alcoholism in literature
- Alcoholisme
- Alcoholisten
- Alcooliques -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Alcooliques -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Alcooliques dans la littérature
- Alcoolisme -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
- Alcoolisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Alcoolisme dans la littérature
- Alcoolisme dans la littérature
- Alkoholismus
- American fiction
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Alcohol use
- Authors, American -- Alcohol use
- Biographies
- Boissons -- Fonctions sociales, dans la littérature
- Consommation d'alcool -- Dans la littérature
- Consommation d'alcool dans la littérature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Drinking customs in literature
- Drinking customs in literature
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature
- Dronkenschap
- Electronic books
- Fictie
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Modernism (Literature)
- Modernism (Literature) -- United States
- Modernisme (Littérature) -- États-Unis
- Modernisme (littérature) -- États-Unis
- Roman
- Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Rôle selon le sexe -- Dans la littérature
- Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature
- Sex role in literature
- Sex role in literature
- USA
- 1900-1999
- Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Consommation d'alcool
- United States
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