Manhood Lost Fallen Drunkards and Redeeming Women in the Nineteenth-Century United States |
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| Author:
| Parsons, Elaine Frantz |
| Series title: | New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-7166-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2003 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $111.00 |
Book Description:
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In fiction, drama, poems, and pamphlets, nineteenth-century reformers told the familiar tale of the decent young man who fell victim to demon rum: Robbed of his manhood by his first drink, he slid inevitably into an abyss of despair and depravity. In its discounting of the importance of free will, argues Elaine Frantz Parsons, this story led to ......
In fiction, drama, poems, and pamphlets, nineteenth-century reformers told the familiar tale of the decent young man who fell victim to demon rum: Robbed of his manhood by his first drink, he slid inevitably into an abyss of despair and depravity. In its discounting of the importance of free will, argues Elaine Frantz Parsons, this story led to ......