The Lotos-Eaters: An Anthology of Opium Writings (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781447443070)

Alcohol aside, few substances can be said to have occupied such a place in Western literature as opium. From the exuberant isolation of Romanticism to the the paranoia of postmodernism, opiates have influenced a host of writers across a range of time periods, carrying them to the furthermost reaches of ecstasy and despair. This collection is a bringing together of writings by some of the best authors in the Western literary canon - from Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Alfred Lord Tennyson to Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle - around a central theme which is fascinating for both historical and artistic reasons.

Author: Various,M. M. Owen
ISBN-10: 1447443071
ISBN-13: 9781447443070
Publisher: Owen Press
Language: English
Published: 01/18/2012
Pages: 276
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d