[In]toxic[ating] Bodies: Spirits and Spectral Biopolitics in The House of the Seven Gables
In this article I apply the theme of obsession, and its psychological aspects in particular, to Hawthorne’s preoccupation with drink and intoxication. I aim to unpack the often-messy entanglements between alcohol, toxicity, and subjectivity in Hawthorne’s fiction. Using The House of the Seven Gables...
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/20558 |