Pleasures and Pains - 9780813922355

Pleasures and Pains Opium and the Orient in 19thCentury British Culture Victorian Literature Culture Univ Va Paperback\nby Barry E. Milligan\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Barry E. Milligan\nTitle: Pleasures and Pains Opium and the Orient in 19thCentury British Culture Victorian Literature Culture Univ Va Paperback\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary studies: general\nPublisher: MP-VIR Uni of Virginia\nPublication year: 1995\nISBN-13: 9780813922355\nISBN-10: 0813922356\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nIncorporating elements of literary criticism, cultural studies, and social history, Pleasures and Pains takes a new look at the complicated dynamics of empire as well as the development of still-prevalent perceptions of drugs as alien invaders responsible for the deca.