1st Edition

The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part II vol 12

By Grevel Lindop, Barry Symonds Copyright 2002

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 This is the second part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.

    Preface -- Abbreviations -- Conventions for Manuscript Transcription -- Articles from BIac-kwood’s Edinburgh ?tfagazine, 1840—1: -- Style [No. U -- Style No. II -- Style No. HI -- Style No. IV -- Lord Stanley’s Irish Registration Bill -- Hints for the Hustings -- Foreign Politics -- The Dourraunee Empire -- Conservative Prospects -- Niebuhr -- Russia as it was in the Summer and Winter of 1812 -- Plato’s Republic -- Sir Robert Peel’s Position on Next Resuming Power -- Manuscript Transcripts: -- [Notes on The Thnes, 2 November 1 840J -- [Wilna injanuary 1813] -- [The Return of Sir Robert Peel] -- Explanatory notes -- Textual notes.