دانلود کتاب The Existential drinker

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Front matter
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
I Whiffs and gleams
Habitual drunkards and metaphysics: case studies from the Victorian period
Jack London, John Barleycorn (1913): truth
II The Existential drinkers
Jean Rhys and drunken consciousness (1929–1939)
Charles Jackson, The Lost Weekend (1944): life projects
Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano (1947): singular experiences
Hans Fallada, The Drinker (1950): absurdity
Brian Moore, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1955): abandonment
Frederick Exley, A Fan’s Notes (1968): authenticity
Venedikt Yerofeev, Moscow–Petushki (1970): self and others
III Enough: attic, Vegas, paradise
William Kennedy, Ironweed (1983): fugitive souls and free spirits
John O’Brien, Leaving Las Vegas (1990): suicide
A. L. Kennedy, Paradise (2004): love
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index