Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an 1821 autobiographical work by Thomas De Quincey that vividly recounts his experiences with opium addiction and its psychological effects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Confessions of an English Opium-Eater canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | autobiographical work ⓘ |
| author | Thomas De Quincey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Thomas De Quincey’s personal experiences ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | periodical ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInPeriodical | London Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluencedAuthor |
Charles Baudelaire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ Jorge Luis Borges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLaterEdition | expanded 1856 edition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Pains of Opium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Pleasures of Opium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consequences of addiction
ⓘ
memory and dreams ⓘ pleasure and pain ⓘ psychological torment ⓘ self-revelation ⓘ |
| influenced |
Romantic and post-Romantic prose
ⓘ
addiction narratives in English literature ⓘ |
| literaryForm | confessional narrative ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
addiction literature
ⓘ
autobiography ⓘ psychological literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | classic of English prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
drug addiction
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opium ⓘ psychological effects of drugs ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | retrospective account ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early literary depiction of drug addiction
ⓘ
vivid descriptions of dreams and nightmares ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Thomas De Quincey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1821 ⓘ |
| publisher | Taylor and Hessey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | early 19th-century England ⓘ |
| structure | two-part work ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| tone |
introspective
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melancholic ⓘ |
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