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Thomas De Quincey

New Theoretical and Critical Directions

Thomas De Quincey

New Theoretical and Critical Directions

Edited ByRobert Morrison, Daniel S. Roberts
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2007
eBook Published 21 August 2012
Pub. location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780203933749
Pages 264 pages
eBook ISBN 9781134148448
SubjectsLanguage & Literature
KeywordsEnglish Mail Coach, Suspiria De Profundis, De Quincey’s Writing, English Opium Eater, De Quincey’s Confessions
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Morrison, R. (Ed.), Roberts, D. (Ed.). (2008). Thomas De Quincey. New York: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203933749
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The ongoing critical fascination with Thomas De Quincey and the burgeoning recognition of the centrality of his writings to the Romantic age and beyond necessitates a critical examination of De Quincey. In this spirit, ten of the top De Quincey scholars in the world have come together in this volume to engage directly with the immense amount of new information to be published on De Quincey in the past two decades. The book features wide-ranging and incisive assessments of De Quincey as essayist, addict, economist, subversive, biographer, autobiographer, aesthete, innovator, hedonist, and much else.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|18 pages
‘I Was Worshipped; I Was Sacrificed’
A Passage to Thomas De Quincey
ByMorrison Robert, Roberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
‘Mix(ing) a Little with Alien Natures’
Biblical Orientalism in De Quincey
ByRoberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 3|17 pages
Brunonianism, Radicalism, and ‘The Pleasures of Opium’ 1
ByMilligan Barry
View abstract
chapter 4|17 pages
‘Earthquake and Eclipse’
Radical Energies and De Quincey’s 1821 Confessions
ByRobert Morrison
View abstract
chapter 5|17 pages
De Quincey and Men (of Letters)
ByWhale John
View abstract
chapter 6|23 pages
Wooing the Reader
De Quincey, Wordsworth and Women in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine
ByJulian North
View abstract
chapter 7|20 pages
De Quincey and the Secret Life of Books
ByMcDonagh Josephine
View abstract
chapter 8|22 pages
National Bad Habits
Thomas De Quincey’s Geography of Addiction
ByBlack Joel
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
On the Language of the Sublime and the Sublime Nation in De Quincey
Toward a Reading of ‘The English Mail-Coach’
ByBalfour Ian
View abstract
chapter 10|24 pages
Chambers of Horror
De Quincey’s ‘Postscript’ to ‘On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts’
ByDart Gregory
View abstract
chapter 11|23 pages
‘A Deafening Menacein Tempestuous Uproars’
De Quincey’s 1856 Confessions, The Indian Mutiny, and the Response of Collins and Dickens
ByCharles J. Rzepka
View abstract

The ongoing critical fascination with Thomas De Quincey and the burgeoning recognition of the centrality of his writings to the Romantic age and beyond necessitates a critical examination of De Quincey. In this spirit, ten of the top De Quincey scholars in the world have come together in this volume to engage directly with the immense amount of new information to be published on De Quincey in the past two decades. The book features wide-ranging and incisive assessments of De Quincey as essayist, addict, economist, subversive, biographer, autobiographer, aesthete, innovator, hedonist, and much else.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|18 pages
‘I Was Worshipped; I Was Sacrificed’
A Passage to Thomas De Quincey
ByMorrison Robert, Roberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
‘Mix(ing) a Little with Alien Natures’
Biblical Orientalism in De Quincey
ByRoberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 3|17 pages
Brunonianism, Radicalism, and ‘The Pleasures of Opium’ 1
ByMilligan Barry
View abstract
chapter 4|17 pages
‘Earthquake and Eclipse’
Radical Energies and De Quincey’s 1821 Confessions
ByRobert Morrison
View abstract
chapter 5|17 pages
De Quincey and Men (of Letters)
ByWhale John
View abstract
chapter 6|23 pages
Wooing the Reader
De Quincey, Wordsworth and Women in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine
ByJulian North
View abstract
chapter 7|20 pages
De Quincey and the Secret Life of Books
ByMcDonagh Josephine
View abstract
chapter 8|22 pages
National Bad Habits
Thomas De Quincey’s Geography of Addiction
ByBlack Joel
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
On the Language of the Sublime and the Sublime Nation in De Quincey
Toward a Reading of ‘The English Mail-Coach’
ByBalfour Ian
View abstract
chapter 10|24 pages
Chambers of Horror
De Quincey’s ‘Postscript’ to ‘On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts’
ByDart Gregory
View abstract
chapter 11|23 pages
‘A Deafening Menacein Tempestuous Uproars’
De Quincey’s 1856 Confessions, The Indian Mutiny, and the Response of Collins and Dickens
ByCharles J. Rzepka
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The ongoing critical fascination with Thomas De Quincey and the burgeoning recognition of the centrality of his writings to the Romantic age and beyond necessitates a critical examination of De Quincey. In this spirit, ten of the top De Quincey scholars in the world have come together in this volume to engage directly with the immense amount of new information to be published on De Quincey in the past two decades. The book features wide-ranging and incisive assessments of De Quincey as essayist, addict, economist, subversive, biographer, autobiographer, aesthete, innovator, hedonist, and much else.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|18 pages
‘I Was Worshipped; I Was Sacrificed’
A Passage to Thomas De Quincey
ByMorrison Robert, Roberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
‘Mix(ing) a Little with Alien Natures’
Biblical Orientalism in De Quincey
ByRoberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 3|17 pages
Brunonianism, Radicalism, and ‘The Pleasures of Opium’ 1
ByMilligan Barry
View abstract
chapter 4|17 pages
‘Earthquake and Eclipse’
Radical Energies and De Quincey’s 1821 Confessions
ByRobert Morrison
View abstract
chapter 5|17 pages
De Quincey and Men (of Letters)
ByWhale John
View abstract
chapter 6|23 pages
Wooing the Reader
De Quincey, Wordsworth and Women in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine
ByJulian North
View abstract
chapter 7|20 pages
De Quincey and the Secret Life of Books
ByMcDonagh Josephine
View abstract
chapter 8|22 pages
National Bad Habits
Thomas De Quincey’s Geography of Addiction
ByBlack Joel
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
On the Language of the Sublime and the Sublime Nation in De Quincey
Toward a Reading of ‘The English Mail-Coach’
ByBalfour Ian
View abstract
chapter 10|24 pages
Chambers of Horror
De Quincey’s ‘Postscript’ to ‘On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts’
ByDart Gregory
View abstract
chapter 11|23 pages
‘A Deafening Menacein Tempestuous Uproars’
De Quincey’s 1856 Confessions, The Indian Mutiny, and the Response of Collins and Dickens
ByCharles J. Rzepka
View abstract

The ongoing critical fascination with Thomas De Quincey and the burgeoning recognition of the centrality of his writings to the Romantic age and beyond necessitates a critical examination of De Quincey. In this spirit, ten of the top De Quincey scholars in the world have come together in this volume to engage directly with the immense amount of new information to be published on De Quincey in the past two decades. The book features wide-ranging and incisive assessments of De Quincey as essayist, addict, economist, subversive, biographer, autobiographer, aesthete, innovator, hedonist, and much else.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|18 pages
‘I Was Worshipped; I Was Sacrificed’
A Passage to Thomas De Quincey
ByMorrison Robert, Roberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
‘Mix(ing) a Little with Alien Natures’
Biblical Orientalism in De Quincey
ByRoberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 3|17 pages
Brunonianism, Radicalism, and ‘The Pleasures of Opium’ 1
ByMilligan Barry
View abstract
chapter 4|17 pages
‘Earthquake and Eclipse’
Radical Energies and De Quincey’s 1821 Confessions
ByRobert Morrison
View abstract
chapter 5|17 pages
De Quincey and Men (of Letters)
ByWhale John
View abstract
chapter 6|23 pages
Wooing the Reader
De Quincey, Wordsworth and Women in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine
ByJulian North
View abstract
chapter 7|20 pages
De Quincey and the Secret Life of Books
ByMcDonagh Josephine
View abstract
chapter 8|22 pages
National Bad Habits
Thomas De Quincey’s Geography of Addiction
ByBlack Joel
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
On the Language of the Sublime and the Sublime Nation in De Quincey
Toward a Reading of ‘The English Mail-Coach’
ByBalfour Ian
View abstract
chapter 10|24 pages
Chambers of Horror
De Quincey’s ‘Postscript’ to ‘On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts’
ByDart Gregory
View abstract
chapter 11|23 pages
‘A Deafening Menacein Tempestuous Uproars’
De Quincey’s 1856 Confessions, The Indian Mutiny, and the Response of Collins and Dickens
ByCharles J. Rzepka
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The ongoing critical fascination with Thomas De Quincey and the burgeoning recognition of the centrality of his writings to the Romantic age and beyond necessitates a critical examination of De Quincey. In this spirit, ten of the top De Quincey scholars in the world have come together in this volume to engage directly with the immense amount of new information to be published on De Quincey in the past two decades. The book features wide-ranging and incisive assessments of De Quincey as essayist, addict, economist, subversive, biographer, autobiographer, aesthete, innovator, hedonist, and much else.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|18 pages
‘I Was Worshipped; I Was Sacrificed’
A Passage to Thomas De Quincey
ByMorrison Robert, Roberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
‘Mix(ing) a Little with Alien Natures’
Biblical Orientalism in De Quincey
ByRoberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 3|17 pages
Brunonianism, Radicalism, and ‘The Pleasures of Opium’ 1
ByMilligan Barry
View abstract
chapter 4|17 pages
‘Earthquake and Eclipse’
Radical Energies and De Quincey’s 1821 Confessions
ByRobert Morrison
View abstract
chapter 5|17 pages
De Quincey and Men (of Letters)
ByWhale John
View abstract
chapter 6|23 pages
Wooing the Reader
De Quincey, Wordsworth and Women in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine
ByJulian North
View abstract
chapter 7|20 pages
De Quincey and the Secret Life of Books
ByMcDonagh Josephine
View abstract
chapter 8|22 pages
National Bad Habits
Thomas De Quincey’s Geography of Addiction
ByBlack Joel
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
On the Language of the Sublime and the Sublime Nation in De Quincey
Toward a Reading of ‘The English Mail-Coach’
ByBalfour Ian
View abstract
chapter 10|24 pages
Chambers of Horror
De Quincey’s ‘Postscript’ to ‘On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts’
ByDart Gregory
View abstract
chapter 11|23 pages
‘A Deafening Menacein Tempestuous Uproars’
De Quincey’s 1856 Confessions, The Indian Mutiny, and the Response of Collins and Dickens
ByCharles J. Rzepka
View abstract

The ongoing critical fascination with Thomas De Quincey and the burgeoning recognition of the centrality of his writings to the Romantic age and beyond necessitates a critical examination of De Quincey. In this spirit, ten of the top De Quincey scholars in the world have come together in this volume to engage directly with the immense amount of new information to be published on De Quincey in the past two decades. The book features wide-ranging and incisive assessments of De Quincey as essayist, addict, economist, subversive, biographer, autobiographer, aesthete, innovator, hedonist, and much else.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|18 pages
‘I Was Worshipped; I Was Sacrificed’
A Passage to Thomas De Quincey
ByMorrison Robert, Roberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 2|25 pages
‘Mix(ing) a Little with Alien Natures’
Biblical Orientalism in De Quincey
ByRoberts Daniel Sanjiv
View abstract
chapter 3|17 pages
Brunonianism, Radicalism, and ‘The Pleasures of Opium’ 1
ByMilligan Barry
View abstract
chapter 4|17 pages
‘Earthquake and Eclipse’
Radical Energies and De Quincey’s 1821 Confessions
ByRobert Morrison
View abstract
chapter 5|17 pages
De Quincey and Men (of Letters)
ByWhale John
View abstract
chapter 6|23 pages
Wooing the Reader
De Quincey, Wordsworth and Women in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine
ByJulian North
View abstract
chapter 7|20 pages
De Quincey and the Secret Life of Books
ByMcDonagh Josephine
View abstract
chapter 8|22 pages
National Bad Habits
Thomas De Quincey’s Geography of Addiction
ByBlack Joel
View abstract
chapter 9|22 pages
On the Language of the Sublime and the Sublime Nation in De Quincey
Toward a Reading of ‘The English Mail-Coach’
ByBalfour Ian
View abstract
chapter 10|24 pages
Chambers of Horror
De Quincey’s ‘Postscript’ to ‘On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts’
ByDart Gregory
View abstract
chapter 11|23 pages
‘A Deafening Menacein Tempestuous Uproars’
De Quincey’s 1856 Confessions, The Indian Mutiny, and the Response of Collins and Dickens
ByCharles J. Rzepka
View abstract
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