The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: And Other WritingsOxford University Press, UK, 1985 M06 20 - 304 páginas Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an account of the early life and opium addiction of Thomas De Quincey, in prose which is by turns witty, conversational, and nightmarish. 'On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth' offers both a small masterpiece of Shakespearian interpretation and a provocative statement of De Quincey's personal aesthetic of contrast and counterpoint. Suspiria de Profundis blends autobiography and philosophical speculation into a series of dazzling prose-poems which explore the mysteries of time, memory, and suffering. 'The English Mail-Coach' develops a richly apocalyptic vision which sets nineteenth-century England's political and imperial grandeur against the suffering and loss of innocence which it entails. This selection presents De Quincey's major works in their original uncut and unrevised versions, which in some cases have not been available for many years. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1791 |
Acknowledgements | 1808 |
CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUMEATER | |
THE ENGLISH MAILCOACH | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: And Other Writings Thomas De Quincey Vista previa limitada - 1998 |
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings Thomas De Quincey Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: And Other Writings Thomas De Quincey Sin vista previa disponible - 1985 |
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