The Road of Excess: A History of Writers on DrugsHarvard University Press, 1. des. 2002 - 360 sider From the antiquity of Homer to yesterday's Naked Lunch, writers have found inspiration, and readers have lost themselves, in a world of the imagination tinged and oftentimes transformed by drugs. The age-old association of literature and drugs receives its first comprehensive treatment in this far-reaching work. Drawing on history, science, biography, literary analysis, and ethnography, Marcus Boon shows that the concept of drugs is fundamentally interdisciplinary, and reveals how different sets of connections between disciplines configure each drug's unique history. |
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... traveled in the Middle East , brings forth a sample of hashish at a pan- European dinner party , claiming that when ... travels through time and space to 1943 , where he discovers an enlightened and peaceful Europe . Even Baudelaire's ...
... traveled in India , where he observed that some yogis use hashish , Crowley decided to try the drug , hoping to interrupt what he called the dryness of meditation and speed up the process of mystical insight to " a few hours . " He ...
... traveled to Oaxaca in 1938 with Reko to wit- ness the ceremonial use of the mushrooms . Schultes ' interest in the cult was botanical ( he claimed that he experienced none of the visionary dimensions of the plants he “ discovered ...
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The Road of Excess: A History of Writers on Drugs Marcus Boon Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2005 |
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