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Haslam, Sara
(2013).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19475020.2013.828636
Abstract
This article provides a contextualized analysis of the representation of alcohol in British war literature published between 1915 and 1930. It examines the domestic debates surrounding alcohol pre-war, as well as the controversial history of the rum ration, before providing a taxonomy of alcohol's representation in a range of literature in which it features significantly in both its official and unofficial forms. The literature consulted includes examples of the early popular wave of fiction, and the later wave of disillusionment literature, as it came to be known. Following this thematic examination of the representation of alcohol in war texts, the concluding discussion argues that the patterns in the representation of alcohol across this 15-year period can themselves be interpreted contextually, economically and politically, as a progressive intervention in a wider debate.
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- Item ORO ID
- 38546
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 1947-5039
- Keywords
- First World War; British literature 1910-1930; rum ration; alcohol; temperance
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > English & Creative Writing
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) - Research Group
- History of Books and Reading (HOBAR)
- Copyright Holders
- © 2013 Taylor & Francis
- Depositing User
- Sara Haslam