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This collection of essays examines the way psychoactive substances are described and discussed within late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literary and cultural texts. Covering several genres, such as novels, poetry, autobiography and non-fiction, individual essays provide insights on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century understandings of drug effects of opium, alcohol and many other plant-based substances. Contributors consider both contemporary and recent medical knowledge in order to contextualise and illuminate understandings of how drugs were utilised as stimulants, as relaxants, for pleasure, as pain relievers and for other purposes. Chapters also examine the novelty of experimentations of drugs in conversation with the way literary texts incorporate them, highlighting the importance of literary and cultural texts for addressing ethical questions.

Literature, Modern—19th century. --- Literature, Modern—18th century. --- History. --- Cultural studies. --- Medicine—Philosophy. --- Pharmacy. --- Nineteenth-Century Literature. --- Eighteenth-Century Literature. --- History of Science. --- Cultural Studies. --- Philosophy of Medicine. --- Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance. --- Chemistry --- Medicine --- Drugs --- Materia medica --- Pharmacology --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- English literature --- Drugs in literature. --- Narcotics in literature --- History and criticism --- Literature, Modern --- Science --- Culture --- Pharmacovigilance. --- Pharmacoepidemiology --- Health Workforce --- Cultural studies --- Literature --- 19th century. --- 18th century. --- Study and teaching. --- Philosophy.

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Philosophy --- Sociology of culture --- Pharmacology. Therapy --- Human medicine --- Literature --- History --- farmacologie --- cultuur --- filosofie --- geneeskunde --- geschiedenis --- literatuur --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899

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This series has been designed to offer students and researchers a compact means of orientation in their study of Anglophone literary texts. Each volume will introduce readers to current concepts and methodologies, as well as academic debates, by combining theory with text analysis and contextual anchoring.

English fiction --- History and criticism. --- Enlightenment. --- Literature. --- Prose fiction. --- Romanticism.