Who achieved fame for his ,'Confessions Of An English Opium Eater'?
"his works for publisher James Hogg. For that edition, he undertook a large-scale revision of the ""Confessions"", more than doubling the work's length. Most notably, he expanded the opening section on his personal background, until it consumed more than two-thirds of the whole. Yet he gave the book ""a much weaker beginning"" and detracted from the impact of the original with digressions and inconsistencies; ""the verdict of most critics is that the earlier version is artistically superior"". ""De Quincey undoubtedly spoiled his masterpiece by revising it... anyone who compares the two will prefer the unflagging vigour and tension of the"
"His ""Confessions of an English Opium Eater"" was based on his experiences as an opium addict, and describes him relaxing at the cottage with a quart of laudanum. He upset the Wordsworth family by making alterations to Dove Cottage and more importantly, its garden. The increasing size of his family forced him to move to Fox Ghyll, but he continued to rent Dove Cottage, and store books there, until 1835. Debts eventually forced him to leave the cottage for good. Dove Cottage then had a succession of tenants, becoming known as Dixon's Lodging. In the late 1880s, the cottage was"
"term of opprobrium, held reactionary views on the Peterloo Massacre and the Sepoy rebellion, on Catholic Emancipation and the enfranchisement of the common people, and yet was also a staunch abolitionist on the issue of slavery. In 1821 he went to London to dispose of some translations from German authors, but was persuaded first to write and publish an account of his opium experiences, which that year appeared in the ""London Magazine"". This new sensation eclipsed Lamb's ""Essays of Elia"", which were then appearing in the same periodical. The ""Confessions of an English Opium-Eater"" were soon published in book form."
"an English essayist, best known for his ""Confessions of an English Opium-Eater"" (1821), an autobiographical account of his laudanum use and its effect on his life. William Hazlitt (1778–1830), friend of both Coleridge and Wordsworth, is another important essayist at this time, though today he is best known for his literary criticism, especially ""Characters of Shakespeare's Plays"" (1817–18). The second generation of Romantic poets includes Lord Byron (1788–1824), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) and John Keats (1795–1821). Byron, however, was still influenced by 18th-century satirists and was, perhaps the least 'romantic' of the three, preferring ""the brilliant wit of Pope to"
"Confessions of a Thug (novel) Confessions of a Thug is an English novel written by Philip Meadows Taylor in 1839 based on the Thuggee cult in British India. It was a best-seller in 19th-century Britain, becoming the British Empire's most sensational ethnographic fiction in the first half of the 19th century; its avid readers included Queen Victoria. It was one of the best-selling crime novels of the 19th century, and was the most influential novel about India prior to Rudyard Kipling's ""Kim"" (1901). The novel's popularity established the word ""thug"" in the English language. The plot revolves around a fictional"
"Coleridge and opium Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 1772–25 July 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who consumed opium to address his health issues. His use of opium in his home country of England, as well as Sicily and Malta, is extensively documented. Coleridge's opium use led to serious consequences. Coupled with his health conditions, Coleridge's opium addiction was harmful towards life and adversely impacted his career. Coleridge was widely known to have been a regular user of opium as a relaxant, analgesic, antidepressant, and treatment for numerous health concerns. ""Kubla Khan"" was apparently written under the drug's"
"was widely well-regarded, but became standardized as ""tincture of opium"", a solution of opium in ethanol, which Paracelsus has been credited with developing. During his lifetime, Paracelsus was viewed as an adventurer who challenged the theories and mercenary motives of contemporary medicine with dangerous chemical therapies, but his therapies marked a turning point in Western medicine. In the 1660s, laudanum was recommended for pain, sleeplessness, and diarrhea by Thomas Sydenham, the renowned ""father of English medicine"" or ""English Hippocrates"", to whom is attributed the quote, ""Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve"
"known for his ""Candid Flowers"" (a plausible literal translation of his main character's name ""Candido Flores""). These were a series of Spanish stories that relied heavily on local slang, that he then would translate literally and word for word into English. The end result would be a hilarious short story that would only be decipherable by someone who was fluent in both languages. Eddie's love for the arts and his vast knowledge of classical music made him a well known critic of the genre. After finding out he was severely sick with cancer, and having started radiotherapy, he had an"
"he would later do; it forms a major and crucial part of the first section of the ""Confessions"", and re-appears in various forms throughout the vast body of his lifetime literary work. Discovered by chance by his friends, De Quincey was brought home and finally allowed to go to Worcester College, Oxford, on a reduced income. Here, we are told, ""he came to be looked upon as a strange being who associated with no one."" In 1804, while at Oxford, he began the occasional use of opium. He completed his studies, but failed to take the oral examination leading to"
"of an English Opium-Eater"" (1821), Essayist William Hazlitt (1778–1830), friend of both Coleridge and Wordsworth, is best known today for his literary criticism, especially ""Characters of Shakespeare's Plays"" (1817–18). The second generation of Romantic poets includes Lord Byron (1788–1824), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) and John Keats (1795–1821). Byron, however, was still influenced by 18th-century satirists and was, perhaps the least 'romantic' of the three, preferring ""the brilliant wit of Pope to what he called the 'wrong poetical system' of his Romantic contemporaries"". Byron achieved enormous fame and influence throughout Europe and Goethe called Byron ""undoubtedly the greatest genius of our"
"by many of the period’s most important writers and thinkers. Despite Gillman’s care, however, Coleridge was overcome with respiratory problems and enlargement of the heart. Coleridge died at the age of 61. Coleridge and opium Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 1772–25 July 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who consumed opium to address his health issues. His use of opium in his home country of England, as well as Sicily and Malta, is extensively documented. Coleridge's opium use led to serious consequences. Coupled with his health conditions, Coleridge's opium addiction was harmful towards life and adversely impacted his"
"11 years old and they returned to London. He attended Sussex University where he studied psychology, and obtained a MA degree in creative writing from the University of East Anglia. He started writing, and had articles published in ""The Guardian"", ""The Observer"" and the ""Telegraph Magazine"". He also had two books published, ""My Life in Orange"" about his early life, growing up in the Osho movement, and """", about virtual communities where he was known as ""Errol Mysterio"". Guest died in July 2009 after a suspected drug overdose at 34 years old. He was found dead by his wife Jo;"
"a sneaky drug lord in ""Pier No. 5"" (1957). In his last 10 years of his life he suffered from hearing impairment and severe depression. He lived in isolation and spent his time reading until he suffered a heart attack and died on February 16 of 1972 at the age of 68 years. ... a.k.a. The Victims (International: English title) ... a.k.a. Pay for Your Sins (International: English title) ... a.k.a. The Accusation (International: English title) ... a.k.a. Leila, Daughter of the Desert (International: English title) ... a.k.a. The Wanderer (International: English title) ... a.k.a. The Suspect (International: English title)"
"physician Thomas Sydenham (1624–89) the so-called 'Father of British medicine' declared - "" Among the remedies which has pleased the Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium "". In the 1730s Dr. Charles Alston in one of his papers describes the biology or botany of the poppy plant, and the experiments he conducted with it on animals. One section of his paper describes how opium was believed to treat pain, cause sleep, increase perspiration, raise the spirits, and relax the muscles. With these things in mind, it was"
"Confessions of a Young Man The Confessions of a Young Man (1886 in French; 1888 in English) is a memoir by Irish novelist George Moore who spent about 15 years in his teens and 20s in Paris and later London as a struggling artist. The book is notable as being one of the first English writings which named important emerging French Impressionists; for its literary criticism; and depictions of bohemian life in Paris during the 1870s and 1880s. In writing style ""The Confessions of a Young Man"" is presented as a novel, with a hero named Dayne, but the reader"
"whoever reads will find himself unable to deny that time has vindicated them all splendidly."" Finally, Moore wrote insightful literary criticism of major authors of the 19th century the general sentiment of which concurred with the following generation of Modernists in the early 20th century. Confessions of a Young Man The Confessions of a Young Man (1886 in French; 1888 in English) is a memoir by Irish novelist George Moore who spent about 15 years in his teens and 20s in Paris and later London as a struggling artist. The book is notable as being one of the first English"
"discover methods of psychoanalysis that Sigmund Freud formally introduced more than half a century later. Opium and Romanticism Readers of Romantic poetry usually come into contact with literary criticisms about the influence of opium on its works. Whether or not opium had a direct effect is still up for debate; however, the literary criticism that has emerged throughout the years suggests very compelling things about opium and its impact on Romantic texts. Usually these criticisms tend to focus on poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey and George Crabbe. The Romantic era in Britain was not only a"
"Coleridge’s life, it is never a straightforward issue because he often hid it from public and familial view and at other times he exaggerated its importance to his work. In the 1816 publication of his major ‘opium’ poems Coleridge purposely drew a connection between his creative work and his opium usage. Desperate for some financial success with his poetry, Coleridge intentionally attempted to portray himself as a dreamy opium eater because he, perhaps rightly, believed that it would draw a morbid fascination to his work. Opium played an interesting role in the public image of Romantic literature. There was, for"
"by various scholars. Although Sydenham was a successful practitioner and witnessed, besides foreign reprints, more than one new edition of his various treatises called for in his lifetime, his fame as the father of English medicine, or the English Hippocrates, was posthumous. For a long time he was held in vague esteem for the success of his cooling (or rather expectant) treatment of smallpox, for his laudanum (the first form of a tincture of opium), and for his advocacy of the use of ""Peruvian bark"" in quartan agues, in modern terms, the use of quinine-containing cinchona bark for treatment of"
"but on the death of his father, thirteen years later, moved to Donnington Priory, Berkshire. He died at Brompton on 13 December 1857, aged 67. Hughes's main publications were: Hughes was known as a scholar and linguist, draughtsman and wood-carver. He gained an Oxford prize for Latin verse, and recited an English ode when the Duke of Wellington and the united sovereigns visited Oxford in 1814. He was the author of the macaronic Oriel grace-cup song ""Exultet mater Oriel"". He also published ""Lays of Past Days"", 1850, an ode recited in the Theatre, Oxford, 1814; and ""Pompeii"" (an ode) [1820?]."
"theatre as a serious actor, he turned to comedy and achieved national fame in ""Hancock's Half Hour"", appearing throughout the radio series' run. He sustained continued success throughout the 1960s and '70s with his regular appearances in ""Carry On"" films, and subsequently kept himself in the public eye with chat shows and other television work. Though Williams was fondly regarded in the entertainment industry, he suffered from depression and found it hard to come to terms with his homosexuality, leading to his death in 1988 after an overdose. He kept a series of diaries throughout his life that achieved posthumous"
"for later works, the ""Confessio"" is nonetheless significant in its own right as one of the earliest poems written in a form of English that is clearly recognizable as a direct precursor to the modern standard, and, above all, as one of the handful of works that established the foundations of literary prestige on which modern English literature is built. Confessio Amantis Confessio Amantis (""The Lover's Confession"") is a 33,000-line Middle English poem by John Gower, which uses the confession made by an ageing lover to the chaplain of Venus as a frame story for a collection of shorter narrative"
"He wrote the erotic novel ""Sin for Breakfast"", published by Sphere (London) in 1971. In Paris, he became a heroin addict and then kicked the habit with the help of methadone. He eventually became an alcoholic. In the 1960s, he replaced his literary friends with friends from the pop music world, including Bob Dylan, whom he met in London. Living in Swinging London in the 1960s, he befriended Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger and Yoko Ono. In the late 1960s, he moved back to America, first to New York City and later to Woodstock, New York, living for a time with"
"went on to become his customers, and some his lovers. His easy manners, charisma and exotic appeal meant that he was able to build up a large female clientele that was close to a fan club. In order to distance himself from the actual transaction, the goods and money were exchanged over a high wall so that the parties were invisible to each other. Freda Eileen Kempton, age 21, was a ""dance instructress"" (hostess) who died of an overdose of cocaine about midday on 6 March 1922 at her rooms at Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London. She danced with partners for"
"of his kind to receive such an honour. From this, he made his fortune, set up his 'Bodie Electric Drug Co,' and published his 'Bodie Book.' None of which pleased the medical profession, who'd labelled him a 'quack,' and had already taken him to court over the use of the word 'doctor.' Yet Walford Bodie was also a great showman, and stage performer, and it was the combination of great showmanship, as well as his apparent 'cures,' that provided the magnet for his huge success. Ricky Jay, the iconic American hypnotist, and author of the best-selling book, 'Learned Pigs and"
"used it for pleasure, but no more than weekly, through 1812. It was in 1813 that he first commenced daily usage, in response to illness and his grief over the death of Wordsworth's young daughter Catherine. During 1813–1819 his daily dose was very high, and resulted in the sufferings recounted in the final sections of his ""Confessions"". For the rest of his life his opium use fluctuated between extremes; he took ""enormous doses"" in 1843, but late in 1848 he went for 61 days with none at all. There are many theories surrounding the effects of opium on literary creation,"
"in London at the early age of 46, and was buried at Westminster Abbey. John Aubrey, in the Brief Lives, attributes his death to an opium addiction acquired during his residence in Turkey. His earliest work was a complete edition of the ""Elements"" of Euclid, which he issued in Latin in 1655, and in English in 1660; in 1657 he published an edition of the ""Data"". His lectures, delivered in 1664, 1665, and 1666, were published in 1683 under the title ""Lectiones Mathematicae""; these are mostly on the metaphysical basis for mathematical truths. His lectures for 1667 were published in"
"(a time and a place in which he had found one of his few natural homes). His father had been an alcoholic, and Farson himself had been a heavy drinker since his Bohemian days in Soho in the 1950s. In later years, the effects of alcoholism became more apparent. He knew he was dying of cancer in March 1997, when his self-deprecating autobiography, ""Never A Normal Man"" (a phrase actually used to describe his father, not himself) was published. He was hungover when he appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme ""Midweek"" to promote this book. He died at his"
"effect a literary dictator in England. He made his reputation by ""The Pleasures of Memory"" when William Cowper's fame was still in the making. He became the friend of Wordsworth, Walter Scott and Byron, and lived long enough to give an opinion as to the fitness of Alfred Tennyson for the post of Poet Laureate. Alexander Dyce, from the time of his first introduction to Rogers, was in the habit of writing down the anecdotes with which his conversation abounded. In 1856 he arranged and published selections as ""Recollections of the Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers"", to which is added ""Porsoniana""."
"Confessions of a Pop Performer Confessions of a Pop Performer is a 1975 British sex-farce film. This second instalment continues the erotic adventures of Timothy Lea and is based on the novels written under the name by Christopher Wood. In this case, the original novel was called ""Confessions from the Pop Scene"", but was later re-published under the film's title. Sidney overhears a band in his local pub and aspires to be their manager, not so ably assisted by his brother-in-law, Timmy, both still window cleaning for a living. They rename the band Kipper and after a misfortune, Timmy joins"
"action through a vision which he believed to be that of a youthful poet Thomas Chatterton, who had committed suicide over a century earlier. A prostitute, whose identity Thompson never revealed, befriended him and gave him lodgings. Thompson later described her in his poetry as his saviour. In 1888, after three years on the streets, he was 'discovered' after sending his poetry to the magazine ""Merrie England"". He was sought out by the magazine's editors, Wilfrid and Alice Meynell, who recognized the value of his work. They took him into their home and, concerned about his opium addiction which was"
"price rose, restricting free trade. The East India Company began to manufacture a product that was desired by the Chinese as much as tea was by the British: opium. This had a significant influence on both India and China. Opium was also imported into Britain and was not prohibited because it was thought to be medically beneficial. Laudanum, which was made from opium was also used as a pain killer, to induce sleep and to suppress anxiety. The famous literary opium addicts Thomas De Quincey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Wilkie Collins also took it for its pleasurable effects. The Limehouse"
"or suggested through letters and notebooks that George Crabbe, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas de Quincey, Lord Byron, John Keats, and Percy Shelley imbibed on opium, whether for medicinal or recreational uses. In fact, all of the Romantic poets, with the exception of William Wordsworth, appear to have used it at some point. For example, Byron’s wife discovered that he had a phial of the Black Drop. Individuals such as Crabbe, Coleridge, De Quincey, Byron, or Keats were most likely even given it as a child to treat some sort of physical ailment. Coleridge began using opium in 1791 to relieve"