I am currently doing some work on temperance novels written in the United States in the Progressive Era. I have come across, a number of times, a plot in which a writer attempts to quit drinking, but finds that he is unable to produce literature without drink. I know that connection between drink and literary production has been quite prevelant throughout the 20th century, and I imagine it goes quite far back, but I wonder if anyone has written about the history of this connection, or if others have encountered it in their work on earlier periods. I would appreciate any suggestions. Elaine Frantz Parsons Graduate Student Department of History Johns Hopkins University [log in to unmask]