De Quincey's Art of Autobiography |
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| Author:
| Baxter, Edmund |
| ISBN: | 978-0-389-20919-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1990 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $133.95 |
Book Description:
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Covering all the major themes of Thomas De Quincey's prose work, this new study argues the case for acknowledging "the Opium Eater" as a conscious artist, not the "flawed" writer often portrayed in previous critical studies. The book analyzes in detail the various manifestations of De Quincey's writingsóautobiography, biography, fiction, politics, and political economyórelating them to the central concern of his work, the production of the self.
Covering all the major themes of Thomas De Quincey's prose work, this new study argues the case for acknowledging "the Opium Eater" as a conscious artist, not the "flawed" writer often portrayed in previous critical studies. The book analyzes in detail the various manifestations of De Quincey's writingsóautobiography, biography, fiction, politics, and political economyórelating them to the central concern of his work, the production of the self.