Alcohol in the Writings of Herman Melville
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9960-1 (ISBN)
In early-to-mid nineteenth century America, there were growing debates concerning the acceptability of alcohol and its consumption. Temperance reformers were calling for alcohol to be avoided by America's citizens, and in support of such views America's greatest authors began to write work of temperance fiction, stories that urged American citizens to refrain from imbibing. Although he has yet to be given much credit for writing such works, Herman Melville is no exception. Alcohol in the Works of Herman Melville: ""The Ever-Devilish God of Grog"" is the first full-length analysis of the presence and implications of alcohol and intoxication in Melville's novels, short fiction, and poetry. Throughout his works he urges his readers for a variety of reasons to avoid alcohol. Liquor and intoxication, he consistently illustrates, brings various yet consistently-harsh outcomes.
Corey Evan Thompson teaches with the Akwesasne Mohawk Board of Education near Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. He has also taught at the University of Windsor, St. Clair College, and Canadore College, and he has published more than a dozen articles on American, Canadian, and Victorian literature in scholarly journals including Papers on Language and Literature, The Explicator, Notes on Contemporary Literature, ANQ, and American Transcendental Quarterly.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Melville’s Temperance Fiction
2. The Prodromal Phase of Alcoholism
3. Melville’s Supposedly Social Drinkers
4. Unscrupulous Sippers, Smugglers and Servers
5. Alcohol, Deception and Melville’s Confidence Men
6. Loss of Rank, Loss of Reputation
7. Alcohol, Ill Health and Penury
8. Of Grog and Monsters: Melville’s Addiction Narratives
9. Melville’s Dark Temperance
Conclusion
Afterword: Melville and the Bottle
Appendix: A Concordance of Melville’s Characters and Alcohol
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 313 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-9960-5 / 0786499605 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-9960-1 / 9780786499601 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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