Description:
This volume in the 21st-Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859). The edition presents De Quincey's work in all of its rich variety, and offers the most thorough and accurate annotation of De Quincey's major works ever compiled.
Review Quotes: "One of the themes that emerges in Robert Morrison's impressive edition of De Quincey's selected works, in Oxford University Press's '21st Century Oxford Authors' series, is the extent to which the author was awed by the sheer quantity of print, the mass of books and magazines, circulating among readers in Britain and abroad, on a scale never before known...Although these are not the themes that Robert Morrison chooses to highlight in this elegant and beautifully produced volume, they are nonetheless evident throughout the selection of works that he presents. With his surefooted editorial stance, Morrison leads us through a rich selection of De Quincey's greatest hits." -- Josephine McDonagh, Romanticism
"Robert Morrison's new edition is a good place to start exploring De Quincey." -- Jane Darcy, King's College London, Time Literary Supplement"Morrison has elegantly and fluently delved into the works and excavated the gems that solidify De Quincey's place amid the firmament of Romantic writers who defined their era....To curate De Quincey's life's works is no mean feat, let alone to do it with such discernment and intuition. It is a task that can only be performed by one whose life has become just as infused with De Quincey, as De Quincey's works were infused with opium....To arrive at the entrance to De Quincey's opulent universe armed with this collection along with Morrison's unrivalled 2009 biography is really to embark upon an education unlike any other." -- Roisin McCloskey, The BARS Review"Robert Morrison's edition is impressive. Its editorial choice is clear: to focus upon the canonical works-particularly the Confessions (including the first edition, an associated manuscript, and insertions from the 1856 revised version)-and its sequels, Suspiria de Profundis and The English Mail Coach." -- Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era