Overview
In an examination of his laudanum addiction and the dreams and visions the drug engendered, Thomas De Quincey lays bare the celestial pleasures and infernal lows of an existence dependent on “subtle and mighty opium”. At once moving and rhapsodic, and suffused with a poetic and lyrical beauty, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater hauntingly evokes frightful scenes and phantasmagorical night-time wanderings, while reality, dream and memory blur and intertwine in a nebulous and protean haze.
Published anonymously in The London Magazine, the Confessions were an immediate success, and soon speculation was rife as to the identity of the mysterious Opium-Eater. The work introduced the literary world to De Quincey's unique “impassioned prose” and, along with its sequel the 'Suspiria de Profundis', is now widely deemed to be De Quincey's masterpiece.
This book title, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, ISBN: 9781847497635, by Thomas De Quincey, published by Bloomsbury USA (March 26, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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