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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Confessions of an English Opium-Eater canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Context triple: [Thomas de Quincey, notableWork, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater]
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Target entity: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Target entity description: 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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A.
The Diary of a Mad Old Man
"The Diary of a Mad Old Man" is a work by Croatian illustrator, animator, and filmmaker Milan Trenc, known for his distinctive, often surreal visual storytelling.
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B.
Diary of a Madman
"Diary of a Madman" is a dark, horrorcore hip-hop track by the group Gravediggaz, known for its eerie production and macabre, narrative-driven lyrics.
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C.
The Tea-Table Miscellany
The Tea-Table Miscellany is an influential early 18th-century collection of Scottish songs and ballads that helped popularize vernacular Scots literature.
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D.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
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E.
Letters on Familiar Matters
Letters on Familiar Matters is an English title commonly used for Petrarch’s collection of personal Latin letters, the "Epistolae familiares," which offer insight into his life, relationships, and humanist thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | autobiographical work ⓘ |
| author | Thomas De Quincey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Thomas De Quincey’s personal experiences ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | periodical ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInPeriodical | London Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluencedAuthor |
Charles Baudelaire
NERFINISHED
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Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ Jorge Luis Borges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLaterEdition | expanded 1856 edition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Pains of Opium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Pleasures of Opium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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opium ⓘ psychological effects of drugs ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | retrospective account ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early literary depiction of drug addiction
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vivid descriptions of dreams and nightmares ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Thomas De Quincey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1821 ⓘ |
| publisher | Taylor and Hessey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | early 19th-century England ⓘ |
| structure | two-part work ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| tone |
introspective
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
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Subject: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Description of subject: 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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