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Selected Works of Debra Rosenthal
Book
The Serpent in the Cup: Temperance in American Literature
(1997)
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Abstract
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.
Keywords
  • literature,
  • Temperance,
  • Alcoholism
Disciplines
Publication Date
1997
Editor
Debra J. Rosenthal and David S. Reynolds
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Citation Information
The Serpent in the Cup: Temperance in American Literature. Amherst(1997)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/debra-rosenthal/8/