Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Name: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Author: Thomas De Quincey

by Thomas De Quincey

De Quincey's autobiographical account of opium addiction, its dreams, and its destructive psychological effects

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Thomas De Quincey

English essayist whose Confessions of an English Opium-Eater introduced drug experience as literary subject matter and created a new, rhapsodic prose style he called 'impassioned prose.' His essays on murder as a fine art and on literature are among the most original in the language.

More by Thomas De Quincey

Suspiria de ProfundisFragmentary prose-poem sequences on sorrow, dreams, and the opium-eater's haunted visions
The English Mail-CoachDe Quincey's narrative of a mail coach accident, exploring impressions of sudden violence and trauma
Murder Considered as One of the Fine ArtsDe Quincey's darkly witty essay treating murder as an aesthetic and intellectual phenomenon
Autobiographic SketchesDe Quincey's autobiographical sketches of childhood, education, and the formation of his consciousness