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Thomas De Quincey was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). He was a friend and contemporary of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Lamb, and lived in the Lake District for many years.
Learn about the life and works of Thomas De Quincey, a British author and critic who wrote Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Find out how he became an opium addict, a friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge, and a master of poetic prose.
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An autobiographical account by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life. The book was published anonymously in 1821 and became a classic of English literature, influencing many writers and drug users.
Thomas De Quincey, (born Aug. 15, 1785, Manchester, Lancashire, Eng.—died Dec. 8, 1859, Edinburgh, Scot.), English essayist and critic. While a student at Oxford he first took opium to relieve the pain of facial neuralgia. He became a lifelong addict, an experience that inspired his best-known work, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822 ...
Oct 10, 2016 · In Bath, De Quincey was deeply affected by the unusual story of Thomas Chatterton, a teen-age poet from nearby Bristol who had found dusty medieval documents in the muniment room of his parish ...
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Sep 20, 2012 · Learn about the life and writings of Thomas De Quincey, the autobiographer and essayist who chronicled his opium addiction and his encounters with Wordsworth, Coleridge, and others. Explore the critical overviews and monographs that analyze his themes, style, and contexts.
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Athough De Quincey ends his narrative at a point at which he is drug-free, he remained an opium addict for the rest of his life. In 1856 he rewrote the Confessions and added descriptions of opium-inspired dreams that had already appeared in Blackwood’s Magazine in about 1845 under the title Suspiria de Profundis (“Sighs from the Depths”).
