Rediscovering addicts [Elektronische Ressource] : constructions of the drug addict in English and American narrative literature (1822 - 1999) / von Christian Volker Kurt Weigelt

Rediscovering Addicts—Constructions of the Drug Addict in English and AmericanNarrative Literature(1822–1999)Vom Fachbereich für Geistes- und Erziehungswissenschaften derTechnischen Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweigzur Erlangung des GradesDoktor der Philosophie(Dr. phil.)genehmigteDissertationvon Christian Volker Kurt W e i g e l taus Frankfurt am MainEingereicht am: 17. Dezember 2004Mündliche Prüfung am: 2. März 2005Referent: Prof. em. Dr. Hans-Joachim PossinKorreferent: Prof. Dr. Viktor LinkDruckjahr 2005Contents1 Introduction 32 Dissident Realities 162.1 Narcotics, Stimulants, Psychedelics -An Introduction to the Different Types of Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.2 A short History of Opiate Use and Drug Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302.3 Outsiders – Drugs and Addicts as the Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412.4 The Addict: Patient or Criminal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512.5 Parallels between the Discourses on Addicts and Homosexuals . . . . . . 563 The Junky – Opiate Addicts from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater tohow to stop time - heroin from A to Z 613.1 “How unmeaning a sound was opium at that time!” — Thomas De Quincey:Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822/1856) . . . . . . . . . . . 613.2 Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone (1868) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883.3 Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870) . . . . . . . . . . 953.4 The early twentieth century .