1st Edition

The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part III vol 15

By Grevel Lindop, Barry Symonds Copyright 2003
764 Pages
by Routledge

4192 Pages
by Routledge

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 This is the final part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.

Preface -- Abbreviations -- Conventions for Manuscript Transcription -- Articles from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, 1844—5: -- Secession from the Churdi of Scotland -- Ireland -- Aifghani stan -- Greece Under the Romans -- Coleridge and Opium-Eating -- Suspiria Dc Profundis: Being a Sequel to the Confessions of an English Opium-Eater -- Maynooth -- Articles from Taft’s Edinburgh Magazine, 1845—6: -- On Wordsworth’s Poetry -- On the Temperance Movement of Modern Times -- Notes on Gilfillan’s Gallery of Literary Portraits: Godwin, Foster, Hazlitt, Shelley, Keats -- The Antigone of Sophocles, as represented Ofl the Edinburgh Stage in December 1845 -- Memoirs and Correspondence of the Marquess of Wellesley -- On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement -- Glance at the Wrks of Mackintosh -- System of the Heavens as revealed by Lord Rosse’s Telescopes -- Manuscript Transcripts: -- {Corn Lawsi -- {Political Economy} -- {Fragments, 18431} -- {Fragments, 18441} -- {‘Secession from the Church of Scotland’, Drafts} -- {O’Connell} -- {CAffghanistan’, drafts} -- {‘Greece under the Romans’, draft} -- {coleridge and Opium-eating’, draft} -- Suspiria, drafts, mites, and fragments] -- {Planned axuinuadon of £eda drafts, noses, and fragments} {Lessons cithe Frendi Revolution} -- {Evil - Mythus} {Mythus} -- {Pagan Mythology} -- {Uthn Poster} -- {Note to System of the Heavens’} {Aritode and Euclid} -- Explanatory Notes -- Textual Notes.

Biography

Frederick Burwick,