The white logic
John William Crowley
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The white logic
Published
1994
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Pages
202
ISBN-10
0870239317
Description
"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.
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How many pages are in The white logic?
This edition of The white logic has approximately 202 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read The white logic?
For most readers, The white logic typically takes between 4h 13m and 2h 48m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 50,500 words and common reading speeds.
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The estimated word count for The white logic is approximately 50,500 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
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Who is the author of The white logic?
The white logic was written by John William Crowley.
When was The white logic published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 1994. The original work may have been published on a different date.