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Book Suspiria de Profundis

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas De Quincey
  • Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
  • Release : 2023-05-13
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 222 pages

Download or read book Suspiria de Profundis written by Thomas De Quincey and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-05-13 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Suspiria is a collection of prose poems, or what De Quincey called “impassioned prose,” erratically written and published starting in 1854. Each Suspiria is a short essay written in reflection of the opium dreams De Quincey would experience over the course of his lifetime addiction, and they are considered by some critics to be some of the finest examples of prose poetry in all of English literature. De Quincey originally planned them as a sequel of sorts to his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, but the first set was published separately in Blackwood’s Magazine in the spring and summer of that 1854. De Quincey then published a revised version of those first Suspiria, along with several new ones, in his collected works. During his life he kept a master list of titles of the Suspiria he planned on writing, and completed several more before his death; those that survived time and fire were published posthumously in 1891.

Book Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Download or read book Confessions of an English Opium Eater written by Thomas de Quincey and published by Gottfried & Fritz. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about opium usage and the effects of addiction on the authors life.

Book The Works of Thomas De Quincey   The English Opium Eater

Download or read book The Works of Thomas De Quincey The English Opium Eater written by Thomas De Quincey and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Other Writings

Download or read book Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Other Writings written by Thomas De Quincey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-04-29 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Download or read book Confessions of an English Opium Eater written by Thomas De Quincey and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2009-02-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater remains its author’s most famous and frequently-read work and one of the period’s central statements about both the power and terror of imagination. De Quincey describes the intense “pleasures” and harrowing “pains” of his opium use in lyrical and dramatic prose. A notorious success since its 1821 publication, the work has been an important influence on philosophers, theorists, and psychologists, as well as literary writers, of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But Confessions is only one part of a larger confessional project conceived by De Quincey over the course of his writing career. Gathered together in this edition, these texts provide a fascinating glimpse of early nineteenth-century British aesthetic, medical, psychological, political, philosophical, social, racial, national, and imperialist attitudes. This edition includes the 1821 text of Confessions, its important sequel Suspiria de Profundis (1845), and its sequel, The English Mail-Coach (1849), as well as extensive appendices.

Book Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Download or read book Confessions of an English Opium Eater written by Thomas De Quincey and published by Readhowyouwant. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the backdrop of England, it is an autobiographical novel by De Quincey. He gives an account of the times when he was addicted to opium and had hallucinations under its influence. The narrative details how he was left desolate during the time he was an addict and his recovery from the turmoil. Engrossing!

Book De Quincey s Confessions of an English Opium eater

Download or read book De Quincey s Confessions of an English Opium eater written by Thomas De Quincey and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The works of Thomas De Quincey  the English opium eater

Download or read book The works of Thomas De Quincey the English opium eater written by Thomas De Quincey and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Works of Thomas de Quincey

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas de Quincey
  • Publisher : Palala Press
  • Release : 2015-12-06
  • ISBN : 9781347594292
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book The Works of Thomas de Quincey written by Thomas de Quincey and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-12-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Confessions of an English Opium eater

Download or read book The Confessions of an English Opium eater written by Thomas De Quincey and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Works of Thomas de Quincey  Confessions of an English Opium Eater  and Kindred Papers

Download or read book The Works of Thomas de Quincey Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Kindred Papers written by Thomas De Quincey and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-23 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book    The    Works of Thomas De Quincey   The English Opium Eater

Download or read book The Works of Thomas De Quincey The English Opium Eater written by Thomas De Quincey and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Opium Eater

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  • Author : David Morrell
  • Publisher : Mulholland Books
  • Release : 2015-02-17
  • ISBN : 0316261386
  • Pages : 81 pages

Download or read book The Opium Eater written by David Morrell and published by Mulholland Books. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling thriller author David Morrell comes a brooding Thomas De Quincey short story about the coldest of deaths and their heartbreaking aftermath. Thomas De Quincey -- the central character of Morrell's acclaimed Victorian mysteries, Murder as a Fine Art and Inspector of the Dead -- was one of the most notorious and brilliant literary personalities of the 1800s. His infamous Confessions of an English Opium-Eater made history as the first book about drug dependency. He invented the word "subconscious" and anticipated Freud's psychoanalytic theories by more than a half century. His blood-soaked essays and stories influenced Edgar Allan Poe, who in turn inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Holmes. But at the core of his literary success lies a terrible tragedy. In this special-edition novella, based on real-life events, Morrell shares De Quincey's story of a horrific snowstorm in which a mother and father died and their six children were trapped in the mountains of England's Lake District. Even more gripping is what happened after. This is the true tale of how Thomas De Quincey became the Opium-Eater, brought to life by award-winning storyteller David Morrell. An afterword contains numerous photographs of the dramatic locations in the story.

Book The Works of Thomas de Quincey the English Opium Eater Including All His Contributions to Periodical Literature

Download or read book The Works of Thomas de Quincey the English Opium Eater Including All His Contributions to Periodical Literature written by Thomas De Quincey and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-07 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Confessions of an English Opium Eater   Large Print Edition

Download or read book Confessions of an English Opium Eater Large Print Edition written by Thomas De Quincey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater was an autobiographical work by Thomas De Quincey. Originally published anonymously, it later became the work by which everything else he wrote would be judged, and found wanting. De Quincey writes about his addiction (though they didn't call it that back in the 1800s) to laudanum (opium and alcohol), and the effect it had on his life and relationships. It remains one of the best books ever written about addiction. This Large Print Edition is presented in easy-to-read 16 point type.

Book The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time

Download or read book The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time written by Robert McCrum and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 1611 with the King James Bible and ending in 2014 with Elizabeth Kolbert's 'The Sixth Extinction', this extraordinary voyage through the written treasures of our culture examines universally-acclaimed classics such as Pepys' 'Diaries', Charles Darwin's 'The Origin of Species', Stephen Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time' and a whole host of additional works --