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de QUINCEY, TOMAS DE
de QUINCEY, TOMAS DE
These preliminary confessions, or introductory narrative of theyouthful adventures which laid the foundation of the writers habit of opium-eating in after-life, it has been judged proper to premise, for three several reasons... Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographicalaccount written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum (opium andalcohol) addiction and its effect on his life.First published anonymously in September and October 1821 in theLondon Magazine, the Confessions was released in book form in 1822,and again in 1856, in an edition revised by De Quincey.From its first appearance, the literary style of the Confessionsattracted attention and comment. De Quincey was well-read in theEnglish literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, andassimilated influences and models from Sir Thomas Browne and otherwriters.
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