The Serpent in the Cup: Temperance in American Literature (Brown Judaic Studies; 313) - Softcover
An exploration of America's battle with the bottle through an analysis of literature on temperance. The ten essays in this book include topics ranging from the cultural role of the tavern in the 18th century, to the emergence of the disease paradigm of alcoholism in the 20th century.
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David S. Reynolds is a Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His other books include "Walt Whitman's America," "John Brown, Abolitionist," Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson," "Beneath the American Renaissance," and "Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America." He is the winner of many prizes, including the Bancroft Prize, the Christian Gauss Award, the Ambassador Book Award, and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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- PublisherUniversity of Massachusetts Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1558490825
- ISBN 13 9781558490826
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
- EditorReynolds David S., Rosenthal Debra J.
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