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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
To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literatureCharacters in books can teach lessons about addiction.Nataliia Shcherbyna via iStock/Getty Images PlusText saying: Uncommon Courses, from The Conversation

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

Alcohol in American Literature

What prompted the idea for the course?

I got the idea for the course when I was...

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