Oh Excellent Air Bag:
Under the Influence of Nitrous Oxide, 1799–1920
PDR Press, 2016
The summer of 1799 saw a new fad take root in a certain circle of British society: the inhalation of nitrous oxide, also known as ‘laughing gas’. The ‘delectable air’ would go on to inspire more than a century of extraordinary writings that combined the scientific, the poetic, and the philosophical in a wholly new way. This volume collects the most striking examples of both first-hand accounts and the secondary literature they spawned, including writings by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William James, and Theodore Dreiser.
Under the Influence of Nitrous Oxide, 1799–1920
PDR Press, 2016
The summer of 1799 saw a new fad take root in a certain circle of British society: the inhalation of nitrous oxide, also known as ‘laughing gas’. The ‘delectable air’ would go on to inspire more than a century of extraordinary writings that combined the scientific, the poetic, and the philosophical in a wholly new way. This volume collects the most striking examples of both first-hand accounts and the secondary literature they spawned, including writings by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William James, and Theodore Dreiser.
Editor: Adam Green
Words: Mike Jay et al
Paperback
144pp
140mm x 216mm
Words: Mike Jay et al
Paperback
144pp
140mm x 216mm
