Martina Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 9609510 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martina Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martina |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Frankfurt Germany |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Absinthe as a Cypher for Decadence and Catalyst of Degeneration in Marie Corelli’s Wormwood
Marie Corelli’s 1890 novel Wormwood is set in late-nineteenth-century Paris and details the absinthe-fuelled demise of its narrator, the wealthy banker and writer Gaston Beauvais. Gaston is persuaded by the impoverished artistic genius Gessonex to seek solace in a glass of opaline absinthe, thus irrevocably setting in motion the kind of dramatic downward spiral that has since become a familiar script within addiction narratives. While Corelli’s n…
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Absinthe as a Cypher for Decadence and Catalyst of Degeneration in Marie Corelli’s Wormwood
Marie Corelli’s 1890 novel Wormwood is set in late-nineteenth-century Paris and details the absinthe-fuelled demise of its narrator, the wealthy banker and writer Gaston Beauvais. Gaston is persuaded by the impoverished artistic genius Gessonex to seek solace in a glass of opaline absinthe, thus irrevocably setting in motion the kind of dramatic downward spiral that has since become a familiar script within addiction narratives. While Corelli’s n…