Thomas De Quincey | |
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 Thomas de Quincey by Sir John Watson-Gordon | |
| Born | Thomas Penson Quincey 15 August 1785 Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 8 December 1859 (aged 74) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Resting place | St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Notable works | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth" |
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Thomas Penson De Quincey (/də ˈkwɪnsi/;[1] né Thomas Penson Quincey; 15 August 1785 – 8 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821).[2][3] Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West.[4]
- ^ De Quincey. Dictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/de_quincey (accessed: 29 June 2013).
- ^ Eaton, Horace Ainsworth, Thomas De Quincey: A Biography, New York, Oxford University Press, 1936; reprinted New York, Octagon Books, 1972;
- ^ Lindop, Grevel. The Opium-Eater: A Life of Thomas De Quincey. J. M. Dent & Sons, 1981.
- ^ Morrison, Robert. "De Quincey's Wicked Book", OUP Blog. Oxford University Press, 2013.