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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Annotated Edition – Also includes The Pleasures of Opium, Introduction to the Pains of Opium and The Pains of Opium
Häftad, 2018
113 kr
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In an examination of his laudanum addiction and the dreams and visions the drug engendered, Thomas De Quincey lays bare the celestial pleasures and infernal lows of an existence dependent on “subtle and mighty opium”. At once moving and rhapsodic, and suffused with a poetic and lyrical beauty, …
En engelsk opieätares bekännelser ; Suspiria de profundis
Häftad, 2019
258 kr
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I syfte att bota enveten migrän och en plågsam magåkomma utvecklade Thomas De Quincey tidigt ett svårt opiumberoende. Paradisets portar slogs omedelbart upp på vid gavel, men han kom senare – under försöken att sluta – att störta ner i sin själs allra djupaste avgrunder. Under abstinensen vaknade …
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings
Av Thomas De Quincey, Robert Morrison
Häftad, 2013
109 kr
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'I took it: - and in an hour, oh! Heavens! what a revulsion! what an upheaving, from its lowest depths, of the inner spirit! what an apocalypse of the world within me!'Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) launched a fascination with drug use and abuse that has continued …
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Av Thomas De Quincey, Barry Milligan
Häftad, 2003
138 kr
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A masterpiece of autobiography, and perhaps the first literary memoir of an addict, the Penguin Classics edition of Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is edited with an introduction by Barry Milligan.Confessions is a remarkable account of the pleasures and pains of …
On Murder
Av Thomas De Quincey, Robert Morrison
Häftad, 2009
106 kr
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'For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination'Thomas De Quincey's three essays 'On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts' centre on …
Last Days of Immanuel Kant
Häftad, 2026
120 kr
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"Those who philosophize correctly practice dying and death." - Socrates, Phaedo How does a philosopher face the end of life? In this elegant portrait of Immanuel Kant's final years, Thomas De Quincey reveals the man behind the monumental ideas. Beyond the philosopher's works, we encounter his daily …
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
E-bok, 2012
102 kr
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.`I here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life…’The `Confessions of an English Opium Eater’ is both a classic of the English autobiographical genre and a hard-nosed …
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Häftad, 2013
165 kr
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD MARKSOnce upon a time, opium (the main ingredient of heroin) was easily available over the chemist's counter. The secret of happiness, about which philosophers have disputed for so many ages, could be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket: portable …
On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
E-bok, 2015
17 kr
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'People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed - a knife - a purse - and a dark lane...'In this provocative and blackly funny essay, Thomas de Quincey considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how …
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Av Thomas De Quincey, Barry Milligan
E-bok, 2003
79 kr
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"Thou has the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium!" Determined to counter the lies about opium that had been told by travellers to the Orient and the medical profession, De Quincey describes his addiction, the consciousness alteringproperties of the drug, its pleasures and its pains.
On Murder
Av Thomas De Quincey, Robert Morrison
E-bok, 2006
94 kr
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''For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination'' Thomas De Quincey''s three essays ''On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts'' centre …
On Murder
Av Thomas De Quincey, Robert Morrison
E-bok, 2006
94 kr
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''For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination'' Thomas De Quincey''s three essays ''On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts'' centre …
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings
Av Thomas De Quincey, Robert Morrison
E-bok, 2013
87 kr
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''I took it: - and in an hour, oh! Heavens! what a revulsion! what an upheaving, from its lowest depths, of the inner spirit! what an apocalypse of the world within me!'' Thomas De Quincey''s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) launched a fascination with drug use and abuse that has …
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings
Av Thomas De Quincey, Robert Morrison
E-bok, 2013
87 kr
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''I took it: - and in an hour, oh! Heavens! what a revulsion! what an upheaving, from its lowest depths, of the inner spirit! what an apocalypse of the world within me!'' Thomas De Quincey''s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) launched a fascination with drug use and abuse that has …
Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets Coleridge, Wordsworth and Southey
Inbunden, 2022
459 kr
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Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets Coleridge, Wordsworth and Southey
Häftad, 2022
311 kr
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De Quincey
On Murder, Considered As One Of The Fine Arts. The English Mail-coach. The Last Days Of Immanuel Kant. Recollections Of Charles Lamb
Inbunden, 2022
508 kr
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De Quincey
On Murder, Considered As One Of The Fine Arts. The English Mail-coach. The Last Days Of Immanuel Kant. Recollections Of Charles Lamb
Häftad, 2022
361 kr
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