The Collected Works of Thomas De Quincey E-Book

Thomas De Quincey

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• Sprache: Englisch
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This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 9935 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Confessions of an English Opium-Eater • The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc • Miscellaneous Essays • The Posthumous Works of, Vol. • The Collected Writing of, Vol. II • Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers • Note Book of an English Opium-Eater • Biographical Essays • The Caesars • The Uncollected Writings of • De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars • Autobiographic Sketches • Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume • The Uncollected Writings of, Vol. • Memorials and Other Papers — Complete • Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume • The Posthumous Works of • Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers • WalladmorWillibald Alexis • Memorials and Other Papers • Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers • Memorials and Other Papers • ON THE KNOCKING AT THE GATE, IN MACBETH • MURDER, CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE FINE ARTS • SECOND PAPER ON MURDER • JOAN OF ARC • THE ENGLISH MAIL-COACH • THE VISION OF SUDDEN DEATH • DINNER, REAL AND REPUTED • SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS: • The Dark Interpreter • The Solitude of Childhood • The Princess who overlooked one Seed in a Pomegranate • Notes for 'Suspiria' • THE LOVELIEST SIGHT FOR WOMAN'S EYES • WHY THE PAGANS COULD NOT INVEST THEIR GODS WITH ANY IOTA OF GRANDEUR • ON PAGAN SACRIFICES • ON THE MYTHUS • DAVID'S NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE—THE POLITICS OF THE SITUATION • THE JEWS AS A SEPARATE PEOPLE • 'WHAT IS TRUTH?' THE JESTING PILATE SAID—A FALSE GLOSS • WHAT SCALIGER SAYS ABOUT THE EPISTLE TO JUDE • MURDER AS A FINE ART • ANECDOTES—JUVENAL • ANNA LOUISA • etc.

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CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER: BEING AN EXTRACT FROM THE LIFE OF A SCHOLAR.

TO THE READER

PRELIMINARY CONFESSIONS

PART II

THE PLEASURES OF OPIUM

INTRODUCTION TO THE PAINS OF OPIUM

THE PAINS OF OPIUM

May 1818

June 1819

APPENDIX

FOOTNOTES

DE QUINCEY'S WRITINGS.

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.

CONTENTS.

ON THE KNOCKING AT THE GATE, IN MACBETH

MURDER, CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE FINE ARTS

SECOND PAPER ON MURDER

JOAN OF ARC

THE ENGLISH MAIL-COACH

THE VISION OF SUDDEN DEATH

DINNER, REAL AND REPUTED

THE KNOCKING AT THE GATE,IN MACBETH.ON MURDER,

CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE FINE ARTS.

TO THE EDITOR OF BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.

LECTURE.

SECOND PAPER ON MURDER,

CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE FINE ARTS.

CHORUS.

JOAN OF ARC[1]

IN REFERENCE TO M. MICHELET'S HISTORY OF FRANCE.

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THE ENGLISH MAIL-COACH;

OR,

THE GLORY OF MOTION.

GOING DOWN WITH VICTORY.

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THE VISION OF SUDDEN DEATH.

DREAM-FUGUE.

ON THE ABOVE THEME OF SUDDEN DEATH.

DINNER, REAL AND REPUTED.

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THE ENGLISH MAIL-COACH

JOAN OF ARC

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

I. LIFE

II. CRITICAL REMARKS

III. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

I. WORKS

II. BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM

THE ENGLISH MAIL-COACH

SECTION I—THE GLORY OF MOTION

GOING DOWN WITH VICTORY

SECTION II—THE VISION OF SUDDEN DEATH

SECTION III—DREAM-FUGUE:

FOUNDED ON THE PRECEDING THEME OF SUDDEN DEATH

I

II

III

IV

V

JOAN OF ARC

NOTES

THE ENGLISH MAIL-COACH

JOAN OF ARC

DE QUINCEY'S COLLECTED WRITINGS:

AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LITERARY REMINISCENCES

THE COLLECTED WRITINGSOFTHOMASDE QUINCEY

CONTENTS OF VOL. II

EDITOR'S PREFACE

I.—Autobiography continued from 1803 to 1808

II.—Literary and Lake Reminiscences.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY(continued) FROM 1803 TO 1808

CHAPTER IOXFORD

I[1]

II[4]

III[12]

APPENDED NOTE

CHAPTER IIGERMAN STUDIES AND KANT IN PARTICULAR[15]

LITERARY & LAKE REMINISCENCES

CHAPTER IA MANCHESTER SWEDENBORGIAN AND A LIVERPOOL LITERARY COTERIE[21]

CHAPTER IISAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE[32]

CHAPTER IIITHE LAKE POETS: WILLIAM WORDSWORTH[88]

CHAPTER IVTHE LAKE POETS: WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AND ROBERT SOUTHEY[127]

SOUTHEY AND THE EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER

CHAPTER VTHE LAKE POETS: SOUTHEY, WORDSWORTH, AND COLERIDGE[137]

CHAPTER VITHE SARACEN'S HEAD[143]

CHAPTER VIIWESTMORELAND AND THE DALESMEN: SOCIETY OF THE LAKES[148]

CHAPTER VIIISOCIETY OF THE LAKES: CHARLES LLOYD[159]

CHAPTER IXSOCIETY OF THE LAKES: MISS ELIZABETH SMITH, THE SYMPSONS, AND THE K—— FAMILY[165]

CHAPTER XSOCIETY OF THE LAKES: PROFESSOR WILSON: DEATH OF LITTLE KATE WORDSWORTH[176]

CHAPTER XIRAMBLES FROM THE LAKES: MRS. SIDDONS AND HANNAH MORE[184]

FOOTNOTES:

NARRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

VOLUME I.

THE HOUSEHOLD WRECK.

THE SPANISH NUN.

KATE'S PASSAGE OVER THE ANDES.

FLIGHT OF A TARTAR TRIBE.

END OF VOLUME I.

VOLUME II

SYSTEM OF THE HEAVENS AS REVEALED BY LORD ROSSE'S TELESCOPES.

MODERN SUPERSTITION

COLERIDGE AND OPIUM-EATING.

TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.

ON WAR.

THE LAST DAYS OF IMMANUEL KANT.

DE QUINCEY'S WRITINGS.

BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS.

BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY,

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POPE.

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CHARLES LAMB.

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GOETHE

SCHILLER.

THE NOTE BOOK OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER.

BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY.

CONTENTS.

THREE MEMORABLE MURDERS.

A SEQUEL TO 'MURDER CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE FINE ARTS.' [1]

FOOTNOTES

THE TRUE RELATIONS OF THE BIBLE TO MERELY HUMAN SCIENCE.

SCHLOSSER'S LITERARY HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

FOX AND BURKE.

JUNIUS

FOOTNOTES

THE ANTIGONE OF SOPHOCLES, AS REPRESENTED ON THE EDINBURGH STAGE.