Author:Thomas De Quincey

Thomas De Quincey
(1785–1859)

Thomas De Quincey

Works

• De Quincey's Writings, 1850

v. 1 Confessions of an English opium-eater, and Suspiria de profundis. 1851--v. 2 Biographical essays. 1851.--v. 3 Miscellaneous essays. 1851.--v. 4 The Caesars. 1851.--v. 5-v. 6 Literary reminiscences; from The autobiography of an English opium-eater. 1851.--v. 7-v.8 Narrative and miscellaneous papers. 1853.--v. 9 Essays on the poets, and other English writers. 1853.--v. 10-v. 11 Historical and critical essays. 1853.--v. 12 Autobiographic sketches. 1859.--v. 13-v.14 Essays on philosophical writers and other men of letters. 1854-60.--v. 15 Letters to a young man and other papers. 1854.--v. 16-v. 17 Theological essays and other papers. 1854.--v. 18 The note book of an English opium-eater. 1855.--v. 19-v. 20 Memorials, and other papers. 1860.--v. 21 The avenger, a narrative; and other papers. 1859.--v. 22 The logic of political economy, and other papers. 1859.--v. 23 Life and manners; from The autobiography of an English opium-eater. 1851

• Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 1821
• On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth, 1823
• Walladmor, 1825 (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
• On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts, 1827
• "Revolt of the Tartars, or, Flight of the Kalmuck Khan and His People from the Russian Territories to the Frontiers of China" (frequently cited as "Flight of a Tartar Tribe"), Blackwood's Magazine, Vol. XLII, No. CCLXI (July 1837), pp. 89–115 (transcription project), later republished separately with additional notes.
• Second Paper on Murder considered as One of the Fine Arts, 1839
• Dinner Real and Reputed, 1839
• Theory of Greek Tragedy, 1840
• Letters of De Quincey, the English opium-eater, to a young man whose education has been neglected, 1843 (external scan)
• The Logic of Political Economy, 1844 (external scan)
• Suspiria de Profundis, 1845
  • Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow
  • Savannah-la-Mar
• Joan of Arc, 1847
• The English Mail-Coach, 1849
  • The Glory of Motion
  • The Vision of Sudden Death
  • Dream Fugue
  • Postscript
• Autobiographic Sketches, 1853

As translator

• "The Fatal Marksman" by Johann August Apel (1823)
• "Mr. Schnackenberger; or, Two Masters for One Dog" by Friedrich August Schulze (1823)
• "The Dice" by Friedrich August Schulze (1823)
• "The Raven: A Greek Tale" by Johann August Apel (1823)
• "The Black Chamber" by Johann August Apel (1823)
• "The King of Hayti" by Friedrich August Schulze (1823)
• "The Lamia: Greek Tradition" by Johann August Apel (1824)
• "The Incognito; or, Count Fitz-Hum" by Friedrich August Schulze (1824)
• "The Somnambulist" by Friedrich August Schulze (1824)
• "Analects from Richter" by Jean Paul Richter (1824)
• "The Defier of Ghosts" by Friedrich August Schulze (unfinished translation, 1824)

Novels and short stories

• Klosterheim, or The Masque (1832), a novel (external scan)
• "The Avenger" (1838), a tale

Works about De Quincey

• Thomas De Quincey. in "A first gallery of literary portraits" by George Gilfillan, 1851 (external scan); in "A second gallery of literary portraits", 1852 (external scan)
• "De Quincey, Thomas," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
• "Quincey, Thomas de," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
• "De Quincey, Thomas," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "De Quincey, Thomas," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
• "De Quincey, Thomas," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "De Quincey, Thomas," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "De Quincey, Thomas," by William T. Brewster in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)

On his works

• "Confessions of an English Opium Eater," by Caleb T. Winchester in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
• "De Quincey's Autobiographic Sketches," by Waldo H. Dunn in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)