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Thomas Penson De Quincey (/ d ə ˈ k w ɪ n s i /; [1] né Thomas Penson Quincey; 15 August 1785 – 8 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821).
They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Thomas De Quincey (born Aug. 15, 1785, Manchester, Lancashire, Eng.—died Dec. 8, 1859, Edinburgh, Scot.) was an English essayist and critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. As a child De Quincey was alienated from his solid, prosperous ...
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Nov 11, 2020 · Thomas De Quincey’s essay On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth is one of the best known of his critical works-it appears in most anthologies of criticism and nineteenth-century prose, and is hailed it as “the finest romantic criticism.” “On the knocking at the Gate in Macbeth” was first published in the London Magazine in October, 1823, as an item in De Quincey’s series of ...
Sep 20, 2012 · Thomas De Quincey (b. 1785–d. 1859), autobiographer and essayist, is best known for Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821, 1856), the foundational modern account of drug addiction. His prolific output for the periodical press also included memorable reminiscences of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and their circle; his essays on “On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts”; and quirkily ...
Thomas De Quincey, Letter with signature, 1807 Every great classic in our native language should from time to time be reviewed anew; and especially if he belongs in any considerable extent to that section of the literature which connects itself with manners, and if his reputation originally, or his style of composition, is likely to have been much influenced by the transient fashions of his ...
Aug 15, 2024 · In the following essay, Roberts examines De Quincey's reading of Wordsworth and Coleridge's poetry within the context of De Quincey's literary life and the deve Select an area of the website to search
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In chapter three, “Eddying Thoughts and Dialogical Potential,” Agnew summarizes the five essays through which De Quincey develops the major principles of his rhetoric. These essays, each discussing one of De Quincey’s key themes are “Rhetoric,” “Style,” “Language,” “Conversation,” and “A Brief Appraisal of Greek ...
