Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Thomas De Quincey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2009
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-104389-0 (ISBN)

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Describes the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions, the author experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum. This book presents an account of the pleasures and pains of opium that forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction.

Describing the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum, Thomas De Quincey's legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction, and paved the way for later generations of literary drug-takers from Baudelaire to Burroughs.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) studied at Oxford, failing to take his degree but discovering opium. He later met Coleridge, Southey and the Wordsworths. From 1828 until his death he lived in Edinburgh and made his living from journalism.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.8.2009
Reihe/Serie	Penguin Books, Great Ideas ; Vol.70
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	111 x 181 mm
Gewicht	80 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Schlagworte	De Quincey, Thomas; Biografien/Erinnerungen • Englisch; Biografien/Erinnerungen • Opium; Berichte/Erinnerungen
ISBN-10	0-14-104389-X / 014104389X
ISBN-13	978-0-14-104389-0 / 9780141043890
Zustand	Neuware