Thomas DeQuincey

Confessions of an English Opium Eater/Bekenntnisse eines englischen Opiumessers, englische Ausgabe

Ed. with an Introduction and Notes by Barry Milligan
Herausgegeben:Milligan, Barry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Determined to counter the lies about opium that had been told by travellers to the Orient and the medical profession, De Quincey describes his addiction, the consciousness-altering properties of the drugs, its pleasures and its pains.

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Produktdetails

• Penguin Classics
• Verlag: PETERSEN, HAMBURG; PENGUIN
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 41690
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9780140439014
• ISBN-10: 0140439013
• Artikelnr.: 11931843

Autorenporträt

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) studied at Oxford, failing to take his degree but discovering opium. He later met Coleridge, Southey and the Wordsworths. From 1828 until his death he lived in Edinburgh and made his living from journalism. Barry Milligan is Professor of English at Wright State University and author of Pleasures and Pains (Virginia UP, 1995).