Confessions of an English Opium Eater - De Quincey, Thomas
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The Confessions of an English Opium Eater is both a classic of the English autobiographical genre and a hard-nosed study of the effects of drugs on an artistic mind. A close associate of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the brilliant but troubled de Quincey recounts both the pleasures and pain of opium addiction in captivating prose. The result is by turns enlightened, nightmarish and witty - a faithful mirror of the drug itself. …mehr

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

'I here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life . . . '

The Confessions of an English Opium Eater is both a classic of the English autobiographical genre and a hard-nosed study of the effects of drugs on an artistic mind. A close associate of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the brilliant but troubled de Quincey recounts both the pleasures and pain of opium addiction in captivating prose. The result is by turns enlightened, nightmarish and witty - a faithful mirror of the drug itself.
Autorenporträt
Thomas de Quincey, geb. am 15. August 1785 in der Nähe von Manchester (England) als Sohn eines wohlhabenden Vaters, entlief im Alter von sechzehn Jahren der Schule, studierte später in Oxford und pflegte seine literarischen Sympathien zu den Seeschülern (nach dem Lake District in Cumberland benannt) Coleridge, Wordsworth und Southey. 1817 heiratete er Margaret Simpson, mit der er acht Kinder hatte. Die Inspirationsquelle Thomas de Quinceys für seine Dichtkunst und die Niederschrift seiner Träume war das Leben im Rausche des Opiums.