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
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Albert Zugsmith notableWork Confessions of an Opium Eater
linked to: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Albert Zugsmith directed Confessions of an Opium Eater
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Lake Poets circle notableWorkAssociated Confessions of an English Opium-Eater