Томас де Квинси — библиография

People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed - a knife - a purse - and a dark lane... In this provocative and blackly funny essay, Thomas de Quincey considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how practically every philosopher over the past two hundred years has been murdered - 'insomuch, that if a man calls himself a philosopher, and never had his life attempted, rest assured there is nothing in him. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin…

Explosive and unforgiving, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater describes in searing detail the pleasure, pain and mind-expanding powers of opium. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by biographer, critic and academic Dr Frances Wilson. Thomas De Quincey takes us on a journey from his grammar school childhood to his homeless adolescence in Wales, from befriending prostitutes during his nocturnal wanderings in London to enrolling at Oxford…

De Quincey fue uno de los primeros en comprender los problemas del lenguaje para expresar la verdad. Usando un humor grotesco, este tratado subvierte la ret?rica, utilizando con este prop?sito un caso concreto, la defensa est?tica del asesinato y una cr?nica minuciosa de algunos homicidios famosos en Londres en el siglo XIX.

Thomas De Quincey considerava que la intel·lig?ncia humana no havia assolit mai l'al?ada que va at?nyer amb Immanuel Kant, un del fil?sofs m?s influents de tots els temps. I tanmateix la intel·lig?ncia humana, fins i tot quan arriba tan amunt, no solament ?s mortal sin? que pot decaure, envellir, tornar-se decr?pita. Llavors, De Quincey experimenta encara m?s afecte per aquesta claror suprema, just en el moment en qu? vacil·la. En segueix les palpitacions. Anota l'hora en qu? Kant deixa de poder crear idees generals i ordena falsament els fets de la natura. Certifica el moment en qu? la seva mem?ria defalleix i l'instant en qu? la seva…

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘I here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life…’The ‘Confessions of an English Opium Eater’ is both a classic of the English autobiographical genre and a hard-nosed study of the effects of drugs on an artistic mind. A close associate of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the brilliant but troubled de Quincey recounts both the pleasures and pain of opium addiction in captivating prose. The result is by turns enlightened, nightmarish and witty – a faithful mirror of the drug itself.