Thomas De Quincey
1785
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1859
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Brasenose College, Worcester College, The Manchester Grammar School, King Edward's School
occupation: linguist, journalist, writer, novelist, translator, autobiographer, prosaist, essayist, literary critic, philosopher
Thomas Penson De Quincey (; 15 August 1785 – 8 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works 12
On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts
Suspiria de Profundis
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On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Les Derniers jours d'Emmanuel Kant
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The English Mail-Coach
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Autobiographic Sketches
Collected writings. Èdited by David Masson
La roue du malheur
Justice sanglante
Miscellaneous Essays
Confessions of an English opium eater
Articles
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