The trip to Echo Spring
Subtitle: why writers drink
By: Olivia Laing
Publisher: Canongate
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781847677945; 9780857868893
Subjects: American Authors; Alcohol use; Creative ability; Psychological aspects; Alcoholics; Alcoholics in literature; Alcoholism in literature; Authorship; American literature; History and criticism
Description: Why is it that some of the greatest works of literature have been produced by writers in the grip of alcoholism, an addiction that cost them personal happiness and caused harm to those who loved them? In this title, the author examines the link between creativity and alcohol through the work and lives of six extraordinary men.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-331).