{"product_id":"the-life-of-the-author-thomas-de-quincey-isbn-9781119833253","title":"The Life of the Author: Thomas De Quincey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of an essential but often overlooked figure in English literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eConfessions of an English Opium-Eater\u003c\/i\u003e —he is the hidden thread connecting the great minds of the Romantic movement, including William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than a traditional cradle-to-grave account, \u003ci\u003eThe Life of the Author\u003c\/i\u003e offers a thematic approach, focusing on key moments and works that defined De Quincey’s intellectual life. Through his personal struggles with addiction, loss, and identity, De Quincey forged a new style of life writing that intertwined personal experience with universal truths, influencing generations of writers to come. Throughout the book, Keanie invites readers to reconsider one of English literature’s most complex figures and the Romantic movement he helped define. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessible to academic readers and literary enthusiasts alike, \u003ci\u003eThe Life of the Author: Thomas De Quincey\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone looking for a concise yet deeply insightful book that sheds new light on how De Quincey’s life shaped the enduring legacy of Romanticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResearch Sources xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Recent Biographies xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Roots 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Finding the Romantics 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Founding Romanticism 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Conditions of an English Poetry Reader 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Into the Depths: William Wordsworth’s Prelude 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Death, Dreams and the Far East 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 We Are Britain 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 As Headstrong as an Allegory on the Banks of the Thames 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Suspiria via Xenophobia 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Irish Question and Some Shapeshifting 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Murder Most Preludial: Macbeth 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Murder Most Metaphorical: Liquidating a Rival Life-Writer 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Confessions of a Self-Justified Stylist 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Conditions of an English Counterculture 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Conditions of an English Leg-Puller 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Suspiria De Quincey (Sighs from the Depths of English Romanticism) 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 183\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANDREW KEANIE\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in English at Ulster University. He has published widely on the English Romantics, T.S. Eliot, and Kathleen Raine. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHartley Coleridge: A Reassessment of His Life and Work, Sprung from Divine Insanity: On the Harmonious Madness of Byron, Keats and Shelley,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGenius Disregarded: Selected Poems of Hartley Coleridge\u003c\/i\u003e. Keanie’s first collection of original poetry, \u003ci\u003eMy Cave Art,\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2021.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of an essential but often overlooked figure in English literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this innovative biography, Andrew Keanie explores one of the most enigmatic figures in English Romanticism. 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