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   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".

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   May 11, 2018 · English writer Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859) wrote prolifically and in numerous fields, ranging from fiction to biography to economics, and often crossing genre boundaries in unclassifiable works that mixed exposition of others' ideas with autobiography and personal reflections. He remains best known, however, for a single work: Confessions ...

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   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. His prolific output for the periodical press also included memorable reminiscences of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and their circle; his essays on “On Murder ...

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   5 days ago · Overview. 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).

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   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. As a child De Quincey was alienated from his solid, prosperous mercantile family by his sensitivity and precocity.

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   Thomas de Quincey from the frontispiece of Revolt of the Tartars, 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.

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   Mar 19, 2013 · The Addicted Life of Thomas De Quincey. Chasing the dragon into a new literary realm. By Colin Dickey. Tuesday, March 19, 2013