Suspiria de Profundis

Suspiria de Profundis PDF Author: Thomas De Quincey
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Languages : en
Pages : 222

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The Suspiria is a collection of prose poems, or what De Quincey called “impassioned prose,” erratically written and published starting in 1854. Each Suspiria is a short essay written in reflection of the opium dreams De Quincey would experience over the course of his lifetime addiction, and they are considered by some critics to be some of the finest examples of prose poetry in all of English literature. De Quincey originally planned them as a sequel of sorts to his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, but the first set was published separately in Blackwood’s Magazine in the spring and summer of that 1854. De Quincey then published a revised version of those first Suspiria, along with several new ones, in his collected works. During his life he kept a master list of titles of the Suspiria he planned on writing, and completed several more before his death; those that survived time and fire were published posthumously in 1891.

Suspiria de Profundis

Suspiria de Profundis PDF Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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The Suspiria is a collection of prose poems, or what De Quincey called “impassioned prose,” erratically written and published starting in 1854. Each Suspiria is a short essay written in reflection of the opium dreams De Quincey would experience over the course of his lifetime addiction, and they are considered by some critics to be some of the finest examples of prose poetry in all of English literature. De Quincey originally planned them as a sequel of sorts to his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, but the first set was published separately in Blackwood’s Magazine in the spring and summer of that 1854. De Quincey then published a revised version of those first Suspiria, along with several new ones, in his collected works. During his life he kept a master list of titles of the Suspiria he planned on writing, and completed several more before his death; those that survived time and fire were published posthumously in 1891.

Suspiria de Profundis and Other Writings

Suspiria de Profundis and Other Writings PDF Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
ISBN: 9781420940558
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Thomas De Quincey was an English author during the Romantic movement, associating with writers like Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. Best known for his command of the psychological fantasy story, De Quincey produced stories of the curious and obscure, but always with the traditional Romantic emphasis on feeling. His masterwork, "Confessions of an English Opium Eater" (1821), stemmed from his own laudanum addiction, and was followed by "Suspiria de Profundis," a collection of essays which continued to capture the same dark brilliance as in "Confessions." The collection was originally published in fragmentary form, and remained unfinished upon De Quincey's death in 1859. This edition includes "The Affliction of Childhood," a reflection on the death of the author's two sisters in childhood, "Levana and our Ladies of Sorrow," one of his best-known works about the Roman goddess of childbirth, and "The English Mail-Coach," on the "grandeur and power" of the English mail-coach system.

Suspiria de Profundis [in, Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Other Writings: Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Barry Milligan] (Penguin Classics).

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Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow

Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow PDF Author: Thomas De Quincey
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ISBN: 9781094835617
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Languages : en
Pages : 30

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Beginning with a discussion of Levana, the ancient Roman goddess of childbirth, De Quincey imagines three companions for her: Mater Lachrymarum, Our Lady of Tears; Mater Suspiriorum, Our Lady of Sighs; and Mater Tenebrarum, Our Lady of Darkness.

suspiria de profundis. With other essays, critical, historical, biographical, philosophical, imaginative and humorous

suspiria de profundis. With other essays, critical, historical, biographical, philosophical, imaginative and humorous PDF Author: Thomas De Quincey
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Pages : 366

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The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey: Conversation and Coleridge, with other essays, critical, historical, biographical, philosophical, imaginative and humorous

The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey: Conversation and Coleridge, with other essays, critical, historical, biographical, philosophical, imaginative and humorous PDF Author: Thomas De Quincey
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Suspiria de Profundis

Suspiria de Profundis PDF Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486837122
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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A legal and readily available painkiller in the nineteenth century, laudanum was a source of both pleasure and pain for author Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859). After achieving overnight success with Confessions of an English Opium Eater, an impassioned account of his struggles with addiction, the author wrote the hypnotic prose poems of Suspiria de Profundis ("Sighs from the Depths"). Like Confessions, these short essays combined drug-induced visions with thought-provoking reflections on the nature of dreams, memory, and imagination. With these books, De Quincey inaugurated the genre of addiction literature, a tradition furthered by Charles Baudelaire, William S. Burroughs, and a growing number of modern writers. Suspiria de Profundis continues to influence contemporary artists with the best known of its psychological fantasies, "Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow," which centers on myths related to the Roman goddess of childbirth and was the source for the classic 1977 horror film Suspiria and its 2018 remake.

The Posthumous Works of Thomas de Quincey

The Posthumous Works of Thomas de Quincey PDF Author: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781294652182
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Pages : 362

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The English mail coach

The English mail coach PDF Author: Thomas De Quincey
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Pages : 384

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The Posthumous Works of Thomas de Quincey

The Posthumous Works of Thomas de Quincey PDF Author: Thomas de Quincey
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781359953582
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