The Works of Thomas De Quincey "The English Opium Eater" Including All His Contributions to Periodical Literature
Author: Thomas De Quincey
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Published: 1863
Total Pages: 270
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Author: Thomas De Quincey
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Published: 1863
Total Pages: 270
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Published: 1863
Total Pages: 344
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Published: 1874
Total Pages: 602
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Published: 1862
Total Pages: 382
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Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2022-06-06
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 1837645582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDown to the Sunless Sea explores the time Coleridge spent in Gibraltar, Malta, Sicily and mainland Italy, where he had planned to recover his health, escape the clutches of opium and gain inspiration from the landscape; however, the reality would prove very different. After his short sojourn in Gibraltar, Coleridge arrived in Malta, where he became acquainted with the British Governor, Alexander Ball. He settled into Maltese life, initially taking on the role of acting Under-Secretary. Travelling to Sicily, Coleridge embraced the island's landscapes but was shaken to find the opium poppy was an important local crop. The Mediterranean would not prove the solution to his addiction. He visited the Consul, G. F. Leckie, and was invited to stay with him at a house on the site of Timoleon's Greek villa. The poet visited the antiquities of Syracuse and at the opera house encountered the soprano, Anna-Cecilia Bertozzi, nearly succumbing to her charms. Back in Malta, he was offered rooms in the Treasury building (now the Casino Maltese) and took up the post of Public Secretary. Legal pronouncements in Italian bear Coleridge's signature. Leaving behind these matters of state, he drifted through the Italian peninsula, engaging with a coterie of artistic ex-pats when in Rome. His listless, half-hearted, and financially embarrassed attempts at the Grand Tour included a narrow escape from French troops. Coleridge's Mediterranean sojourn impacted on his life and writing, not to mention his health, which saw a marked decline, leading to his final years in Highgate under the roof of a friendly doctor. Down to the Sunless Sea is a literary reflection on the fact that the sun-filled Mediterranean was not the tonic he had first imagined.
Author: Thomas De Quincey
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Published: 1878
Total Pages: 344
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
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Published: 1873
Total Pages: 804
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe collections of the Advocates Library, with the exception of its legal books and manuscripts, were given by the Advocates to the National Library of Scotland in 1925.
Author: Thomas De Quincey
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Published: 1878
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Published: 1887
Total Pages: 340
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Grevel Lindop
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-04-30
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 1000749673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the first part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.