Thomas De Quincey

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2. -Thomas De Quincey was an English Romantic Essayist and Writer.

3. -Thomas De Quincey was born on 15 August 1785 and Died on 8 December 1859. -Mainly known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821 ) - Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West.Thomas D e Quincey was born in Manchester, England to a wealthy linen merchant and his wife. Despite his family's affluence, De Quincey had an unhappy childhood, frequently moving between city and country houses and suffering his father's death at age eight. Early life

4. - He attended a number of prestigious schools, including King Edward's School in Bath . - This experience left him with a strong fluency in classical languages by the time he was in his teens. - With the approval of his family, De Quincey ran away from Manchester Grammar School at 17, but was unable to support himself financially . E ducation...

5. - He endured several months of living in poverty on the streets, surviving with the help of a 15-year-old prostitute whom he called 'Ann of Oxford Street.‘ - He eventually returned to his family and began his studies at Oxford University. - At university, De Quincey soon became addicted to opium. He first began taking a tincture of opium, as a painkiller for a toothache when he was 19 years old . - This addiction contributed to his dropping out of university 1807 without receiving a degree. - In the following years, he became close friends with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, and other Romantic poets, and even moved to the famed Lake District to be near his friends. career

6. - For the next three decades, De Quincey always battled an opium habit to a greater or lesser extent. - He spent his family inheritance and began to support his large family by taking work as a journalist. - He achieved a major professional breakthrough in 1821, when  Confessions of an English Opium Eater  was published in  London Magazine . C ontinue..

7. 1. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822) 2. On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth (1823) 3. Walladmor  (1825) 4 . On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts (1827) 5. Klosterheim , or the Masque (1832) 6. Lake Reminiscences (1834–40) 7. Revolt of the Tartars (1837) 8. The Logic of the Political Economy (1844) 9. Suspiria de Profundis (1845) 10. The English Mail-Coach (1849) 11. Autobiographical Sketches (1853) Major works ..

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