Confessions of an English Opium Eater（英国鸦片瘾君子的自白）英文版（托马斯·德·昆西）

图书标准信息

• 作者 Thomas De Quincey 著
• 出版社 Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• 出版时间 1994-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781853260964
• 定价 20.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Inthefirstpartofthisfamouswork,publishedin1821butthenrevisedandexpandedin1856,DeQuinceyvividlydescribesanumberofexperiencesduringhisboyhoodwhichheimplieslaidthefoundationsforhislaterlifeofhelplessdrugaddiction.Thesecondpartconsistsofhisremarkableaccountofthepleasuresandpainsofopium,ostensiblyofferedasamutedapologyforthecoursehislifehadtakenbutoftenreadinglikeacelebrationofit.TheConfessionsofanEnglishOpium-EateristhusbothaclassicofEnglishautobiographicalwritingtheproseequivalent,initsowntime,ofWordsworthsThePreludeorGrowthofaPoetsMindandatthesametimeacrucialtextinthelonghistoryoftheWesternWorldsambivalentrelationshipwithharddrugs.Fullofpsychologicalinsightandcolourfuldescriptivewriting,itsurprisedandfascinatedDeQuinceyscontemporariesandhascontinuedtoexertitspowerfulandeccentricappealeversince.

【作者简介】

ThomasDeQuincey(1785-1859)studiedatOxford,failingtotakehisdegreebutdiscoveringopium.HelatermetColeridge,SoutheyandtheWordsworths.From1828untilhisdeathhelivedinEdinburghandmadehislivingfromjournalism.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

【目录】

Original Prface in the Year1821

Prefatory Note

Confession of an English Opium-Eater

Tbe Pleasures of Opium

Tbe Pains of Opium

Tbe Daugbter of Lebanon

Appendix