Travel and drugs in twentieth-century literature / Lindsey Michael Banco.

Author/creator Banco, Lindsey Michael
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, ©2010.
Descriptionx, 187 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesRoutledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 11
Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature 11. ^A593287
Contents "Causing fireworks to shift" : theorizing tripping -- Starting selves : Aldous Huxley and William S. Burroughs -- The permeable self and the horrors of consumption : Aldous Huxley's Island -- What's he smoking? : cannabis and cigarettes in Alex Garland's The beach -- "Man, this is the way to travel" : seeing Vegas anew in Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and loathing in Las Vegas -- Eating in Africa : becoming-animal in Robert Sedlacks' The African safari papers.
General noteBased on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Queen's University, 2008.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009019935
ISBN9780415998611 (alk. paper)
ISBN0415998611 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS228.T73 B36 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold