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4. www.historic-uk.com › CultureUK › Thomas-De-QuinceyThomas De Quincey - Historic UK

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   Thomas De Quincey, a Romantic in the City. De Quincey’s story is one of addiction and the city…. The literary movement that spread throughout Europe in the wake of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars furnished Britain with some of its most celebrated literary figures.

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   Oct 10, 2016 · De Quincey was thirty-six when “Confessions of an English Opium-Eater,” his sensational memoir of addiction, was published, anonymously, in 1821. At the time, Wilson writes, England was...

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   Nov 2, 2016 · Thomas De Quincey and the Making of a Murderer. A new biography reveals how the drug-addled essayist legitimized our excitement for murder. Illustrated Police Gazette. There’s a moment...

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   Thomas De Quincey. 15 August 1785 – 8 December 1859. Thomas De Quincey is best known for his controversial essay, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, in which he details his use of laudanum, a drug made from opium and alcohol that had widespread use in the Victorian era.

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   • Thomas De Quincey is best known for his essay, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, in which he details his use of opium.

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   Did Thomas De Quincey use laudanum?

   • Thomas De Quincey is best known for his controversial essay, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, in which he details his use of laudanum. Thomas De Quincey (Sir John Watson-Gordon, Wikipedia.org) was born on 15 August 1785 and died on 8 December 1859. Additionally, De Quincey’s second home, Foxghyll, is now a luxurious Bed and Breakfast.

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   What is a de quinceyan biography?

   • A De Quinceyan biography, it quickly becomes apparent, is one that eschews the traditional modes of biography—the recitation of a life’s arc, its major milestones, and an even-tempered portrayal—in favor of something as death-haunted and murder-obsessed as De Quincey himself.

   Thomas De Quincey and the Making of a Murderer

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   Was De Quincey a doppelgänger?

   • De Quincey had seen as a warning the escalating addiction of Coleridge, who, for his part, recognized in De Quincey a doppelgänger, their “two faces, each of a confused countenance,” blended with the same mixture of “muddiness and lustre.”

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   Where can I see William Wordsworth & Thomas De Quincey?

   • You can visit Dove Cottage, the former home of both William Wordsworth and Thomas De Quincey, today it is a museum devoted mainly to the memory of William Wordsworth, but it also houses manuscripts by Thomas De Quincey. Additionally, De Quincey’s second home, Foxghyll, is now a luxurious Bed and Breakfast.

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   Where did Thomas De Quincey live?

   • Thomas De Quincey lived in London, where he wrote and published Confessions of an Opium Eater, and worked as a contributor for several magazines. However, his liberal use of money and poor budgeting forced him to withdraw to Edinburgh, where he found sanctuary at Holyrood for debtors.

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   English essayist and memoirist. Examine the life, times, and work of Thomas De Quincey through detailed author biographies on eNotes.