The Hashish Eater - Couverture souple

Ludlow, Fitz Hugh

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9791041805143

Editeur : CULTUREA, 2023

Synopsis

When Fitz Hugh Ludlow was in college, he found a jar of cannabis extract at his pharmacy, deduced that this was the fabled "hashish" described in The Arabian Nights and The Count of Monte Cristo, and gave in to his curiosity by swallowing a spoonful. His life would never be the same. The Hashish Eater attempts to describe the bizarre distortions of perspective and imagination that Ludlow experienced on extraordinarily large doses of cannabis. Because cannabis was mostly unknown in the English-speaking world at that time, he didn't have the vocabulary to describe his "trips," and he couldn't expect his readers to have had similar experiences to compare. Because of this, he tests the limits of metaphor and creative description; and because of that, his work remains an important document to both understanding and poetically revealing the phenomenology of cannabis intoxication.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as Fitzhugh Ludlow (September 11, 1836 - September 12, 1870), was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CULTUREA
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9791041805143
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 362
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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