Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an 1821 autobiographical work by Thomas De Quincey that vividly recounts his experiences with opium addiction and its psychological effects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical work ⓘ
author Thomas De Quincey ⓘ
linked to: Thomas de Quincey
basedOn Thomas De Quincey’s personal experiences ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat periodical ⓘ
firstPublishedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
firstPublishedInPeriodical London Magazine ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
hasInfluencedAuthor Charles Baudelaire ⓘ
Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
hasLaterEdition expanded 1856 edition ⓘ
hasPart The Pains of Opium ⓘ
The Pleasures of Opium ⓘ
hasTheme consequences of addiction ⓘ
memory and dreams ⓘ
pleasure and pain ⓘ
psychological torment ⓘ
self-revelation ⓘ
influenced Romantic and post-Romantic prose ⓘ
addiction narratives in English literature ⓘ
literaryForm confessional narrative ⓘ
literaryGenre addiction literature ⓘ
autobiography ⓘ
psychological literature ⓘ
literarySignificance classic of English prose ⓘ
mainSubject drug addiction ⓘ
opium ⓘ
psychological effects of drugs ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
narrativeMode retrospective account ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableFor early literary depiction of drug addiction ⓘ
vivid descriptions of dreams and nightmares ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
protagonist Thomas De Quincey ⓘ
linked to: Thomas de Quincey
publicationYear 1821 ⓘ
publisher Taylor and Hessey ⓘ
setting early 19th-century England ⓘ
structure two-part work ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
tone introspective ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ

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Thomas de Quincey → notableWork → Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ⓘ
Blackwood's Magazine → notableWorkPublished → Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ⓘ
Thomas de Quincey → notableWork → Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ⓘ
subject linked to: de Quincey
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater → hasPart → The Pleasures of Opium ⓘ
linked to: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater → hasPart → The Pains of Opium ⓘ
linked to: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts → relatedWork → Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ⓘ
Suspiria de Profundis → relatedWork → Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ⓘ
The English Mail-Coach → relatedWork → Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ⓘ
Albert Zugsmith → notableWork → Confessions of an Opium Eater ⓘ
linked to: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Albert Zugsmith → directed → Confessions of an Opium Eater ⓘ
linked to: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Lake Poets circle → notableWorkAssociated → Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ⓘ