Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: And Other Writings

by Thomas de Quincey

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192836544
• ISBN13: 9780192836540
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.6" x 5.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher