Confessions of an English opium-eater and other writings / (Record no. 13799)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780140439014 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | Yeshi |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 828.809 DEQ |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | De Quincey, Thomas. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Confessions of an English opium-eater and other writings / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Thomas De Quincey. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Penguin Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xliv, 296 p. : |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Confessions is a remarkable account of the pleasures and pains of worshipping at the 'Church of Opium'. Thomas De Quincey consumed daily large quantities of laudanum (at the time a legal painkiller), and this autobiography of addiction hauntingly describes his surreal visions and hallucinatory nocturnal wanderings through London, along with the nightmares, despair and paranoia to which he became prey. The result is a work in which the effects of drugs and the nature of dreams, memory and imagination are seamlessly interwoven. Confessions forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction, paving the way for later generations of literary drug-users from Baudelaire to Burroughs, and anticipating psychoanalysis with its insights into the subconscious." "This edition is based on the original serial version of 1821, and reproduces the two 'sequels', 'Suspiria de Profundis' (1845) and 'The English Mail-Coach' (1849). It also includes a critical introduction discussing the romantic figure of the addict and the tradition of confessional literature, and an appendix on opium in the nineteenth century. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Drug addicts |
| Form subdivision | Biography. |
| Geographic subdivision | Great Britain |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Authors, English |
| Form subdivision | Biography. |
| Chronological subdivision | 19th century |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | Non-Fiction |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Paro College Library | Paro College Library | 12/11/2020 | Junction Bookstore | 250.00 | 828.809 DEQ | E17774 | 12/11/2020 | E17774 | 300.00 | 12/11/2020 | Non-Fiction |