03558nam a22005295i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001700172072001500189072002300204072001400227100008100241245008500322250001800407264007900425300003300504336002600537337002600563338003600589347002400625505031900649520142000968650004602388650004002434650002902474650003302503650003302536650003202569650002902601650003102630650003102661650003202692650004502724710003402769773002602803776003602829776003602865776003602901856004602937912001402983912001402997999001703011978-3-031-65426-8DE-He21320251030112627.0cr nn 008mamaa240713s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316542689978-3-031-65426-87 a10.1007/978-3-031-65426-82doi 4aPN441-1009.5 7aDS2bicssc 7aLIT0000002bisacsh 7aDS2thema1 aRonan, Mark.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut98052210aAddiction Literature's Past and Presenth[electronic resource] /cby Mark Ronan.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aIX, 318 p.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aPremodern Addiction and Addiction Literature -- Chapter One, Modern Conceptions of Addiction -- Chapter Two, Modern Addiction Literature -- Chapter Three, Premodern Addiction Discourse, Antiquity to Medieval -- Chapter Four, Addicted to Love -- Chapter Five, Anthropomorphised Beasts and Bestial Men -- Conclusion.  aAddiction Literature's Past and Present aims to realign consideration of addiction as a transhistorical and transcultural aspect of the human condition. This book illuminates the premodern roots of the linguistic and narrative materials of addiction discourse and argues for Addiction Literature to be considered as a distinct literary phenomenon, with a history stretching back to Antiquity. Addiction, as it is understood in this book, exists at the intersection between appetite, habit and impaired personal behavioural agency. This book begins by exploring the ways in which we articulate the experience (both lived and observed) of addiction today, uncovering a core set of conceptual components and discursive tropes which are commonly associated with modern understandings of the phenomenon. Having established a common set of tropes and features which distinguish modern Addiction Literature as a distinct literary mode, it then considers premodern texts through this lens, revealing similar patterns of conception and convention in a broad range of historical periods and literary genres from Aesop to Shakespeare. Mark Ronan is an adult literacy tutor working primarily with recovering substance-users and providing support for everything from basic literacy skills to creative and reflective personal writing. He also teaches and lectures with the School of English in University College Dublin, Ireland. 0aLiteraturexHistory and criticism.966499 0aMedicine and the humanities.966324 0aSciencexHistory.965232 0aLiterature, Medieval.966929 0aClassical literature.967646 0aLiterature, Ancient.96764714aLiterary History.96678924aMedical Humanities.96632724aHistory of Science.96610124aMedieval Literature.96693424aClassical and Antique Literature.9676512 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303165425108iPrinted edition:z978303165427508iPrinted edition:z978303165428240uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65426-8  aZDB-2-LCM  aZDB-2-SXL  c61575d61575