Lot Of 2 by De Quincey : On Murder + Confessions of an English Opiumeater

Description: This lot includes two books by Thomas de Quincey: "On Murder" and "Confessions of an English Opium Eater". On Murder by Thomas De QuinceyEdited by Robert Morrison, Oxford World's Classics The only edition to include all De Quincey's essays on murder, which contain his most engaging and disturbing thoughts on criminality, art, violence, and the sublime. They are a key contribution to the satiric tradition, and to the literature of terror, decadence, and detection.The Introduction examines De Quincey's contribution to the literature of crime, violence, decadence, and detection.The bibliography is the most extensive available on critical responses to De Quincey's essays on murder and violence. The essays have never been annotated so thorougly before. They reveal - often for the first time - De Quincey's debts, remarkable erudition, and encyclopaedic knowledge of contemporary crime.The appendices contain De Quincey's three little-known manuscript essays 'On Murder' Opium-Eater and Other Writings by Thomas De QuinceyEdited by Robert Morrison, Oxford World's Classics A new edition by De Quincey scholar and biographer Robert Morrison of De Quincey's finest autobiographical essays, which describe his early life and opium addiction.Extensive chronology of De Quincey's life and the most up-to-date and and thorough bibliography on his autobiographical works.Introduction considers opium use in the nineteenth century, the confession genre, and the three works in detail, focusing on De Quincey's centrality to his own age and enduring relevance to our own. p.s. I have 2 more copies of each of these, same condition ~ buy one for a friend or book group! Please wait for freight invoice if you purchase more than 1. Please ask any questions prior to bidding, no returns. Thanks and happy reading!

Price: 16 USD

Location: Los Angeles, California

End Time: 2024-11-29T02:44:31.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD