The Opium Eaters: High Literature and the Art of Addiction
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When the brilliant Oxford drop-out and freelance journalist Thomas De Quincey published his seminal article Confessions of an English Opium Eater in 1821, he was following the old adage 'write about what you know'. Writing in coffee shops to avoid debt collectors, the 36-year-old proto-Romantic had been addicted to opium for almost 20 years. If produced today, his Confessions would read more like Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting; with illicit drug deals,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1911658662
ISBN13:9781911658665
Release Date:April 2024
Publisher:Banovallum
Length:200 Pages
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