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To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literature

  • Written by Debra J. Rosenthal, Professor of English, John Carroll University
imageCharacters in books can teach lessons about addiction.Nataliia Shcherbyna via iStock/Getty Images Plusimage

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Alcohol in American Literature

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