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Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199600619
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 385
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Suspiria de Profundis, and 'The English Mail-Coach' are De Quincey's finest essays in autobiography, published here with three appendices containing a wealth of related manuscript material and a comprehensive introduction and notes.Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher: N.A
ISBN: N.A
Category: Opium abuse
Page: 338
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Author: De_quincey Thomas
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 014104389X
Category: Literary Collections
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Describing the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum, Thomas De Quincey's legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction, and paved the way for later generations of literary drug-takers from Baudelaire to Burroughs. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 0192836544
Category: Literary Criticism
Page: 306
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an account of the early life and opium addiction of Thomas De Quincey, in prose which is by turns witty, conversational, and nightmarish. 'On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth' offers both a small masterpiece of Shakespearian interpretation and a provocative statement of De Quincey's personal aesthetic of contrast and counterpoint. Suspiria de Profundis blends autobiography and philosophical speculation into a series of dazzling prose-poems which explore the mysteries of time, memory, and suffering. 'The English Mail-Coach' develops a richly apocalyptic vision which sets nineteenth-century England's political and imperial grandeur against the suffering and loss of innocence which it entails. This selection presents De Quincey's major works in their original uncut and unrevised versions, which in some cases have not been available for many years.Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher: N.A
ISBN: N.A
Category: Opium
Page: 272
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Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher: N.A
ISBN: N.A
Category: Opium abuse
Page: 334
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Author: Thomas de Quincy
Publisher: N.A
ISBN: 9781908388698
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 124
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Written in 1821, 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' brought literary fame and not a little notoriety to Thomas de Quincy. It blew the lid on widespread opium addiction in Regency England, 'outing' such worthies as Dr Abernethy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wilberforce. 'Confessions' recounts the author's privileged public school days, his defiant truancy which led ultimately to a life of penury in London and to his rescue by, and romance with, a young prostitute. It is an intensely personal portrayal of narcotic dependence, filled with humanity, humour and beautiful prose. This classic work is essential reading for all those interested in the history and psychology of drug use, and its part in helping to open 'the doors of perception'.Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher: N.A
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Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher: N.A
ISBN: N.A
Category: Authors, English
Page: 204
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