Opium and Romanticism
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Opium and Romanticism are well-connected subjects, as readers of Romantic poetry often come into contact with literary criticisms about the influence of opium on its works. The idea that opium has had
Samuel Taylor Coleridge at age 42, engraving by Samuel Cousins from a portrait by Washington Allston. Digitally restored.
Thomas de Quincey from the frontispiece of De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars by Charles Sears Baldwin.
Thomas De Quincey
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Thomas Penson De Quincey was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey i
Opium and Romanticism
…very compelling ideas about opium and its impact on Romantic texts. Usually these criticisms tend to focus on poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey and George Crabbe. The Romantic era in Britain was, in addition to a time of growth for literature and poetry, a time of increased opium use. Interspersed…
Thomas de Quincey by Sir John Watson-Gordon
Bust of Thomas De Quincey, by Sir John Steell
Fox Ghyll, near Rydal, Cumbria, De Quincey's home from 1820 to 1825
Thomas Penson de Quincey's home at 1 Forres Street, Edinburgh