Equivocal Spirits

Most critics who have considered the ties between writing and drink in this century have done so in piecemeal fashion, usually with the stress on biography rather than the works themselves. Thomas Gilmore is the first to address the subject broadly and with attention to its specifically literary implications, and he does so with deftness and authority.--Richard K. Cross, University of Maryland|""An original, highly rewarding book. In it, Thomas Gilmore enriches our understanding both of a fascinating theme in modern literature and of a pervasive problem in modern life.""--Modern Fiction Studies