The Life of the Author: Thomas De Quincey

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

The Life of the Author: Thomas De Quincey\n\nAndrew Keanie (Author)\n\n9781119833253, Wiley\n\nPaperback / softback, published 3 July 2025\n\n224 pages\n22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.295 kg\n\nAn exploration of an essential but often overlooked figure in English literature \nIn this innovative biography, Andrew Keanie explores one of the most enigmatic figures in English Romanticism. Known for his confessional prose and essays, De Quincey is more than the author of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater \u2014he is the hidden thread connecting the great minds of the Romantic movement, including William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. \nRather than a traditional cradle-to-grave account, The Life of the Author offers a thematic approach, focusing on key moments and works that defined De Quincey\u2019s intellectual life. Through his personal struggles with addiction, loss, and identity, De Quincey forged a new style of life writing that intertwined personal experie]