{"product_id":"english-opium-eater-robert-morrison-9781605982809","title":"English Opium-Eater: A Biography of Thomas de Quincey","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor of the scandalous \u003ci\u003eConfessions of an English Opium-Eater\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) has long lacked a full-fledged biography. His friendships with leading poets and men of letters in the Romantic and Victorian periods-- including William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge--have long placed him at the center of nineteenth century literary studies. His writing was a tremendous influence on Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, and William Burroughs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDe Quincey is a topical figure for other reasons, too: a self-mythologizing autobiographer whose attitudes to drug-induced creativity and addiction strike highly resonant chords for a contemporary readership. Robert Morrison's biography passionately argues for the critical importance and enduring value of this neglected icon of English literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1605982806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781605982809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Robert Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938683715839,"sku":"9781605982809","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5025e152-e9e8-422b-9529-27db981dbc5a.jpg?v=1681437136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/english-opium-eater-robert-morrison-9781605982809","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}