Alcohol invariably connotes different, often conflicting, feelings. As Iain Gately rightly observes in Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol (2009), it “has been credited with the powers of inspiration and destruction” (1). This reflection is as relevant to classical antiquity, when wine was savoured during the Greek symposia, as to the modern world, in which alcohologists study the devastating effects of alcohol abuse. However, much as sociological, psychological, and medical research into alcoholism provide statistics, problem-analysis, and therapeutic approaches, literature offers representations of alcoholism which allow for a more profound insight into alcohol dependence and its many implications. This article focuses on how alcoholism is dissected and contextualised in literature, predominantly in contemporary English fiction.

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“令人陶醉的令人陶醉的逻辑”：虚构的酗酒

酒精总是暗示着不同的，常常是矛盾的感觉。正如伊恩·盖特利（Iain Gately）在《饮料：酒精的文化史》（2009年）中正确观察到的那样，“它被认为具有启发和破坏的力量”（1）。这种反思与希腊古代座谈会期间品尝葡萄酒时的古典上古以及现代世界中的酗酒者研究酗酒的毁灭性影响有关。但是，正如对酒精中毒的社会学，心理学和医学研究提供了统计数据，问题分析和治疗方法一样，文献也提供了酒精中毒的表征，从而可以更深入地了解酒精中毒的依赖性及其许多含义。本文重点介绍如何在文学中（主要在当代英语小说中）对酒精中毒进行剖析和语境化。