Category: General and Theory
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Small, Douglas R. J., Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876-1930
Douglas R. J. Small, Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876-1930 (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024), 264 pp. £85.00 Hb. Open Access PDF. ISBN: 9781350400092 Cocaine is a stimulant: simultaneously addictive and destructive, used recreationally it produces intense feelings of euphoria, energy, and joy, amplifying confidence and removing inhibitions. Often seen as a vice of the affluent, it…
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Johns-Putra, Adeline and Kelly Sultzbach (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Climate
Adeline Johns-Putra and Kelly Sultbach (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Climate (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022) 300 pp. £66.05 Hb. £22.99 Pb. ISBN: 978-1316512166 This authoritative and academically rigorous collection of essays offers valuable insight into the relationship between literature and climate change. It positions itself within a field of research which is…
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Cooper, Fred and Luna Dolezal and Arthur Rose, COVID-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK
Fred Cooper, Luna Dolezal, and Arthur Rose, COVID-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK (London: Bloomsbury, 2023) 160 pp. £40.50 Hb. £13.49 Pb. ISBN: 9781350283404 Finding its origins in the AHRC-funded research project, Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19, COVID-19 and Shame offers a concise and timely study of the…
