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A legal and readily available painkiller in the nineteenth century, laudanum was a source of both pleasure and pain for author Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859). After achieving overnight success with Confessions of an English Opium Eater, an impassioned account of his struggles... Read Full Overview

Suspiria de Profundis (1845) by Thomas De Quincey is a collection of prose pieces that blend autobiography, dream imagery, and philosophical reflection. Written as a kind of sequel to his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, it explores the depths of the human mind, memory,... Read Full Overview

Thomas De Quincey's masterpiece of psychological fantasy essays, written in his impassioned prose (prose poetry), which served as something of a sequel to his classic "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater."

The Suspiria is a collection of prose poems, or what De Quincey called "impassioned prose," erratically written and published starting in 1854. Each Suspiria is a short essay written in reflection of the opium dreams De Quincey would experience over the course of his lifetime... Read Full Overview

Suspiria de Profundis (1845) by Thomas De Quincey is a collection of prose pieces that blend autobiography, dream imagery, and philosophical reflection. Written as a kind of sequel to his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, it explores the depths of the human mind, memory,... Read Full Overview

The Suspiria is a collection of prose poems, or what De Quincey called "impassioned prose," erratically written and published starting in 1854. Each Suspiria is a short essay written in reflection of the opium... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview