On Wine and Hashish

Charles Baudelaire

Initially composed for newspaper publication and inspired by Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an Opium Eater, Charles Baudelaire’s intriguing essays take a remarkably stark look at the use and effects of drink and drugs. Along the way he asserts the ambivalence of memory, urges a union of willpower and sensual pleasure, and claims that wine and hashish bring about an escape from narrative time. Surprisingly forward and positive in tone, this is a unique investigation from one of the great 19th-century poets.

status	Copy #1 (23245): in
genre	Literature and Fiction » Poetry
publisher	Hesperus Press Limited
publish date	2009
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