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WRITING ADDICTION: TOWARDS A POETICS OF DESIRE AND ITS OTHERS (UNIVERSITY OF REGINA PUBLICATIONS(UR))
ISBN: 0889771766
ISBN 13: 9780889771765
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Edition: 1 st
Publisher: CANADIAN PLAINS RESEARCH CENTER
Publication Date: Jun 01, 2004
Pages: 168
ISBN 13: 9780889771765
Author:
Edition: 1 st
Publisher: CANADIAN PLAINS RESEARCH CENTER
Publication Date: Jun 01, 2004
Pages: 168
Book Summary
Addiction, apparently, is a hazard of the writing life. But this book invites more interesting questions concerning the relationship between writing and addiction. Do potentially addictive substances stimulate the artistic imagination? What is the relationship between the desire for intoxication or euphoria and the compulsions of addiction? Is there a sense in which writing provides similar highs and compulsions? Are writing and substance addiction similar transgressive behaviours? Could it be that both writing and addiction are ways of losing control, or perhaps of losing controls?
Addiction, apparently, is a hazard of the writing life. But this book invites more interesting questions concerning the relationship between writing and addiction. Do potentially addictive substances stimulate the artistic imagination? What is the relationship between the desire for intoxication or euphoria and the compulsions of addiction? Is there a sense in which writing provides similar highs and compulsions? Are writing and substance addiction similar transgressive behaviours? Could it be that both writing and addiction are ways of losing control, or perhaps of losing controls?
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