Essays on Style, Rhetoric, and Language: [1893] - Softcover

De Quincey, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 111207614X ISBN 13: 9781112076145

Publisher: Cornell University Library, 2009

Synopsis

Originally published in 1893. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

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About the Author

Despite being born into a wealthy family, Thomas De Quincey had a difficult childhood. He was forced to move quite often, and his father passed away when he was only eight years old. He attended several prestigious schools before running away when he was seventeen, returning home several months later. De Quincy studied at Oxford University for a short while, but he soon became addicted to opium, and dropped out in 1807; he would suffer from this addiction for the rest of his life. In 1821, De Quincey s struggles inspired him to write Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, which was published in London Magazine and served as a professional breakthrough for him. After his wife passed away in 1837, De Quincey s addiction became dramatically worse and his finances suffered as a result. He managed to write several more books, including a second memoir, Suspiria de Profundis, before passing away in 1859.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cornell University Library
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 111207614X
• ISBN 13: 9781112076145
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294