1st Edition

The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part III vol 15

By Grevel Lindop, Barry Symonds Copyright 2003

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 This is the final part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.

    Preface -- Abbreviations -- Conventions for Manuscript Transcription -- Articles from Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, 1844—5: -- Secession from the Churdi of Scotland -- Ireland -- Aifghani stan -- Greece Under the Romans -- Coleridge and Opium-Eating -- Suspiria Dc Profundis: Being a Sequel to the Confessions of an English Opium-Eater -- Maynooth -- Articles from Taft’s Edinburgh Magazine, 1845—6: -- On Wordsworth’s Poetry -- On the Temperance Movement of Modern Times -- Notes on Gilfillan’s Gallery of Literary Portraits: Godwin, Foster, Hazlitt, Shelley, Keats -- The Antigone of Sophocles, as represented Ofl the Edinburgh Stage in December 1845 -- Memoirs and Correspondence of the Marquess of Wellesley -- On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement -- Glance at the Wrks of Mackintosh -- System of the Heavens as revealed by Lord Rosse’s Telescopes -- Manuscript Transcripts: -- {Corn Lawsi -- {Political Economy} -- {Fragments, 18431} -- {Fragments, 18441} -- {‘Secession from the Church of Scotland’, Drafts} -- {O’Connell} -- {CAffghanistan’, drafts} -- {‘Greece under the Romans’, draft} -- {coleridge and Opium-eating’, draft} -- Suspiria, drafts, mites, and fragments] -- {Planned axuinuadon of £eda drafts, noses, and fragments} {Lessons cithe Frendi Revolution} -- {Evil - Mythus} {Mythus} -- {Pagan Mythology} -- {Uthn Poster} -- {Note to System of the Heavens’} {Aritode and Euclid} -- Explanatory Notes -- Textual Notes.