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Thomas De Quincey Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Paperback)
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- Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings
- Publication Name
- Confessions of an English Opium Eater
- Title
- Confessions of an English Opium Eater
- Contributor
- Barry Milligan (Edited by)
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0140439013
- EAN
- 9780140439014
- ISBN
- 9780140439014
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Psychology, Body, Mind & Spirit, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Entheogens & Visionary Substances, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Psychopathology / Addiction, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Release Date
- 27/03/2003
- Release Year
- 2003
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 7.8in
- Item Width
- 5in
- Item Weight
- 9.5 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Features
- Revised
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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The first literary addiction memoir, featuring the autobiographical Suspiria de Profundis , the inspiration for the 2018 horror film Suspiria , starring Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton and directed by Luca Guadagnino In this remarkable autobiography, Thomas De Quincey hauntingly describes the surreal visions and hallucinatory nocturnal wanderings he took through London--and the nightmares, despair, and paranoia to which he became prey--under the influence of the then-legal painkiller laudanum. Forging a link between artistic self-expression and addiction, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings seamlessly weaves the effects of drugs and the nature of dreams, memory, and imagination. First published in 1821, it paved the way for later generations of literary drug users, from Baudelaire to Burroughs, and anticipated psychoanalysis with its insights into the subconscious. This edition is based on the original serial version of 1821, and reproduces two "sequels" Suspiria de Profundis (1845) and The English Mail-Coach (1849). It also includes a critical introduction discussing the romantic figure of the addict and the tradition of confessional literature, and an appendix on opium in the nineteenth century. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140439013
ISBN-13
9780140439014
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2474385
Product Key Features
Book Title
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Entheogens & Visionary Substances, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Psychopathology / Addiction, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Psychology, Body, Mind & Spirit, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.8in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr4534.C6
Notes by
Milligan, Barry
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"Mind-blowingly modern . . . [De Quincey's] poetic depictions of the wild hallucinations that punctuated his years with the drug transfixed his contemporaries. To us, though, his story is revelatory mostly for its eerie familiarity." -- The New York Times Book Review "De Quincey's rather majestic, classically learned and singular style inspires every page of his writing. . . . The self-controlled equanimity of this classic volume is little short of miraculous." -- The Guardian, "De Quincey's rather majestic, classically learned and singular style inspires every page of his writing. . . . The self-controlled equanimity of this classic volume is little short of miraculous." -- The Guardian
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2003-286414
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Trade
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Yes
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