Confessions of an English Opium Eater (eBook)

Thomas de Quincey (Autor)

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2012
80 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-11201-5 (ISBN)

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Impressive account of the author's early years as a precocious student, his adventures among the outcasts of London, studies at Oxford University, introduction to opium in 1804 and his longterm involvement with the drug.

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Although he was an acute literary critic, a voluminous contributor to Blackwood's and other journals, and a perceptive writer on history, biography, and economics, Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859) is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater. First published in installments in the London Magazine in 1821, the work recounts De Quincey's early years as a precocious student of Greek, his flight from grammar school and subsequent adventures among the outcasts and prostitutes of London, studies at Oxford University and his introduction to opium in 1804 (he hoped that taking the drug would relieve a severe headache). It was the beginning of a long-term addiction to opium, whose effects on his mind are revealed in remarkably vivid descriptions of the dreams and visions he experienced while under its influence. Describing the general style of the Confessions, an English critic of the period wrote in the London Monthly Review: "They have an air of reality and life; and they exhibit such strong graphic powers as to throw an interest and even a dignity round a subject which in less able hands might have been rendered a tissue of trifles and absurdities." In later years, De Quincey revised and expanded the first edition of the Confessions into a much longer, more verbose work which lacked the readable intensity of the original. The present edition reprints the first version, generally considered more impressive, and admired for its introspective penetration and journalistic astuteness.  

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.6.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Biography/Autobiography
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Gewicht: 73 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
• Schlagworte: 121-180 • 1821 • accessible translation • addiction literature • ancient roman • Ancient Rome • antoninus • Aphorisms • aurelius' meditations • aurelius's meditations • Bill Clinton • books on addiction literatures • books on aurelius' meditations • books on aurelius's meditations • books on emperor marcus • books on english mails • books on english opium-eaters • books on mail coaches • books on philosopher kings • books on philosophical wisdoms • books on practical philosophies • books on roman emperors • books on timeless advices • books on true philosophers • books on universal consciousnesses • books on universal natures • books on virtuous lives • Britain • century english • Common sense • comprehensive introduction • confessions • De profundis • dequincey • de quincy • Drug Addiction • emperor marcus • english mail • english opium-eater • Epictetus • Equanimity • Gladiator • gregory hays • happy life • hays translation • hayter • Human nature • human soul • Laudanum • life changing • life lessons • Logos • mail coach • Marcus Aurelius • maxims • maxwell staniforth • meaningful life • mediations • Modern Library • modern translation • Opiate Addiction • Opiates • opium dreams • Penguin Classics • Philosopher-king • Philosopher King • philosophical wisdom • Plato • practical philosophy • Purple Prose • roman emperors • Roman Empire • Roman History • Self Help • Seneca • Stoicism • stoic philosophers • Stoic Philosophy • Stoics • Suspiria • taking opium • thee • thou art • thou dost • thou hast • thou wilt • thyself • timeless advice • Translations • true philosopher • Universal Consciousness • universal nature • virtuous life • World leader
• ISBN-10: 0-486-11201-2 / 0486112012
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-11201-5 / 9780486112015