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Thomas de Quincey
Kirjat ja teokset yhdessä paikassa: 619 kirjaa, julkaisuja vuosilta 1967–2027, suosituimpiin kuuluu de Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars and the English Mail-Coach. with Introduction and Notes by Cecil M. Barrow ... and Mark Hunter.. Vertaile teosten hintoja ja tarkista saatavuus suomalaisista kirjakaupoista.
619 kirjaa
Kirjojen julkaisuvuodet: 1967–2027.
Explosive and unforgiving, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater describes in searing detail the pleasure, pain and mind-expanding powers of opium. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by biographer, critic and academic Dr Frances Wilson. Thomas De Quincey takes us on a journey from his grammar school childhood to his homeless adolescence in Wales, from befriending prostitutes during his nocturnal wanderings in London to enrolling at Oxford University only to drop out when his drug use overcomes him. Thrust into a disorientating world of extreme euphoria and vivid nightmares, De Quincey’s life story is both unpredictable and deeply personal. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is considered to be the first published autobiography to explore the lure and effects of addiction.
"I here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life: according to my application of it, I trust that it will prove not merely an interesting record, but in a considerable degree useful and instructive." So Thomas de Quincey begins his shocking autobiography, the "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater". Originally published anonymously in two parts in the "London Magazine" in 1821, it is a gripping account of one Englishman's addiction to laudanum, a tincture which contained a large amount of opium. De Quincey, born in 1785, begins by describing his early life and the difficult psychological factors he experienced as a young adult, including time spent destitute and living on the street, which contributed to his long addiction. De Quincey then candidly details the beginning of his opium use in 1804 and how much he enjoyed the effects of the drug for several years. Beginning in 1812, De Quincey began to experience many ghastly and negative effects of his long drug use and describes in shocking detail the nightmares, insomnia, frightening visions, and debilitating physical effects he suffered from it. In so doing De Quincey's account remains a fascinating warning of the dangers of opium addiction. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
En engelsk opieätares bekännelser ; Suspiria de profundis
Thomas De Quincey
Alastor Press
2019
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I syfte att bota enveten migrän och en plågsam magåkomma utvecklade Thomas De Quincey tidigt ett svårt opiumberoende. Paradisets portar slogs omedelbart upp på vid gavel, men han kom senare – under försöken att sluta – att störta ner i sin själs allra djupaste avgrunder. Under abstinensen vaknade mardrömmarna med sällsam kraft, något han intensivt och öppenhjärtigt redogör för i bland annat Suspiria de Profundis, uppföljaren till den beryktade En engelsk opieätares bekännelser. Här finns De Quinceys alla opietexter samlade.
Confessions of an English opium-eater, & Autobiographic sketches
Thomas De Quincey
Hansebooks
2019
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The Note-Book of an English Opium-Eater and Miscellaneous Essays
Thomas De Quincey
Hansebooks
2019
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The Works Of Thomas De Quincey ...: Style And Rhetoric
Thomas De Quincey
Creative Media Partners, LLC
2019
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Essays on the Poets, and Other English Writers
Thomas De Quincey
Creative Media Partners, LLC
2019
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Works, Including All his Contributions to Periodical Literature
Thomas De Quincey
Hansebooks
2019
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Thomas De Quincey
Alma Classics
2018
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In an examination of his laudanum addiction and the dreams and visions the drug engendered, Thomas De Quincey lays bare the celestial pleasures and infernal lows of an existence dependent on “subtle and mighty opium”. At once moving and rhapsodic, and suffused with a poetic and lyrical beauty, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater hauntingly evokes frightful scenes and phantasmagorical night-time wanderings, while reality, dream and memory blur and intertwine in a nebulous and protean haze. Published anonymously in The London Magazine, the Confessions were an immediate success, and soon speculation was rife as to the identity of the mysterious Opium-Eater. The work, which introduced the literary world to De Quincey’s unique “impassioned prose”, is now widely deemed to be De Quincey’s masterpiece.
Revolt of the Tartars and The English mail-coach
Thomas De Quincey; Cecil Montefiore Barrow; Mark Hunter
Hansebooks
2018
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Confessions of an English Opium Eater: Being an Extract from the Life of a Scholar
Thomas de Quincey
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Confessions of an English Opium Eater: Being an Extract from the Life of a Scholar by Thomas De Quincey. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life. The Confessions was "the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight..." First published anonymously in September and October 1821 in the London Magazine, the Confessions was released in book form in 1822, and again in 1856, in an edition revised by De Quincey. The Confessions maintained a place of primacy in De Quincey's literary output, and his literary reputation, from its first publication; "it went through countless editions, with only occasional intervals of a few years, and was often translated. Since there was little systematic study of narcotics until long after his death, De Quincey's account assumed an authoritative status and actually dominated the scientific and public views of the effects of opium for several generations."
