1st Edition

The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part I Vol 6

By Grevel Lindop, Barry Symonds Copyright 2000

    Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the first part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.

    Preface -- Abbreviations -- Conventions for manuscript transcription -- Articles from Biackwood’s Magazine 1826—8: -- Gillies’s German Stories -- Gallery of the German Prose Classics. No. I. — Lessing -- Gallery of the German Prose Classics. No. II. — Lessing -- Gallery of the German Prose Classics. No. III. — Kant -- On Murder Considered As One of the Fine Arts -- Toilette of the Hebrew Lady -- Elements of Rhetoric -- Articles from the Edinburgh Evening Post 1828—9: -- On the Policy of Russia -- [News from Portugal and London] -- [As We Predicted] -- West India Property [Part One of TwoJ -- West India Property [Part Two of Two] -- Mr. O’Connell and the Clare Election -- [News from Portugal, Russia, and Ireland] -- [To a Reader: Invitation to a Set-to on Greek Literature] -- [To a Reader: On Coleridge, Southey, and ‘The Devil’s Walk’] -- Derry Dawson -- State of Ireland -- [Mémoires sur I’Impérarrice Josephine] -- Genera[ Mournings -- [‘The March of Liberalism’] -- [‘The March of Liberalism’] -- Article from the Edinburgh Literary Gazette 1829: [The Poetical Works of Manzonij -- Manuscript transcripts: -- [Peter Anthony Fonk] -- [To the Editor of Blackwood’s Magazine] -- [Mr. Huskisson’s ‘Resignation’] -- [Niels Kiim] -- [Disputatiousness] -- Explanatory notes -- Textual notes.