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
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
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
Thomas De Quincey
…between extremes; he took "enormous doses" in 1843, but late in 1848 he went for 61 days with none at all. There are many theories surrounding the effects of opium on literary creation, and notably, his periods of low use were literarily unproductive. From 1842 until 1859 he spent long periods in a cottage near Midfield House south…
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.