{"product_id":"kindred-spirits-representations-of-alcohol-in-literature-and-film","title":"Kindred Spirits","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book offers an invaluable introduction to the topic of the representation of alcohol\u003cbr\u003ein literature and film from antiquity to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first part deals with literature and includes a genealogy of the relationship between\u003cbr\u003ealcohol and fiction. The authors set two Victorian ghost stories and a Nigerian phantasmagorical\u003cbr\u003efable as examples of how alcohol dilutes the boundaries between the\u003cbr\u003eliving and the dead. The part devoted to film approaches the matter of alcohol both\u003cbr\u003eas a personal vice and a vehicle of social interaction. The authors explore American,\u003cbr\u003eIrish, and Polish films, paying particular attention to the masculinities they portray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole volume can serve as a textbook on these issues. The books and films analyzed\u003cbr\u003ewill constitute an ample reading and viewing list for a university course.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54176281428312,"sku":null,"price":61.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783034342728_3e20aa11-7ade-40f8-86c6-21bf10de2297.jpg?v=1764727252","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/kindred-spirits-representations-of-alcohol-in-literature-and-film","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}