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Thomas Penson De Quincey (/ d ə ˈ k w ɪ n s i /; né Thomas Penson 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).
Thomas De Quincey (born Aug. 15, 1785, Manchester, Lancashire, Eng.—died Dec. 8, 1859, Edinburgh, Scot.) was an English essayist and critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater.
Thomas De Quincey, (born Aug. 15, 1785, Manchester, Lancashire, Eng.—died Dec. 8, 1859, Edinburgh, Scot.), English essayist and critic. While a student at Oxford he first took opium to relieve the pain of facial neuralgia.
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life. The Confessions was "the first major work De Quincey published and the one that won him fame almost overnight".
Thomas de Quincey was an essayist and critic who was famous for his autobiography “Confessions of an English Opium Eater” published in 1821 in London Magazine. His writings cover a great range of subjects.
Sep 20, 2012 · Thomas De Quincey (b. 1785–d. 1859), autobiographer and essayist, is best known for Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821, 1856), the foundational modern account of drug addiction.
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, autobiographical narrative by English author Thomas De Quincey, first published in The London Magazine in two parts in 1821, then as a book, with an appendix, in 1822.
Jun 25, 2024 · Thomas De Quincey. (1785—1859) essayist. Quick Reference. (1785–1859), ran away from Manchester Grammar School to the homeless wanderings in Wales and London which he was to describe in Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1822).
Thomas de Quincey (August 15, 1785 – December 8, 1859) was an English author, intellectual, and polymath, who wrote on subjects as various as politics, English literature, drug addiction, German metaphysics, and science.
A slightly less celebrated figure from this vibrant period is Thomas De Quincey, a writer who idolised but never emulated Wordsworth, despite his talent. De Quincey’s story is one of addiction and the city, and undoubtedly throws light on his Gothic spin on the Romantic ideal.
