The Road of Excess

A History of Writers on Drugs

Marcus Boon

    Prologue

    1. Addicted to Nothingness: Narcotics and Literature

    2. The Voice of the Blood: Transcendentalism and Anesthetic Revelation

    3. The Time of the Assassins: Cannabis and Literature

    4. Induced Life: Stimulants and Literature

    5. The Imaginal Realms: Psychedelics and Literature

    Epilogue

    Bibliography

    Notes

    Acknowledgments

    Illustration Credits

    Index

  • Cover: The Road of Excess
  • A photo of the author

Marcus Boon is Assistant Professor of English, York University, Toronto.