The Prose Poetry of Thomas De Quincey
The Prose Poetry of Thomas De Quincey
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We may at this point appositely quote De Quincey's statement: "The Opium Confessions were written with some slight secondary purpose of exposing this specific power of opium upon the faculty of dreaming, but much more with the purpose of displaying the faculty itself;"^ and having withdrawn with him thus far from the plain statement that the drug was the only or all-impoi*tant element to be considered in connection with his dreaming ability and the conception of his dreams, let us turn for a ti...me to the other side of the question. To what extent did the habit influence the composition or execution, of those writings of the third and highest order?
It is generally known that De Quincey did not ultimately give up the use of opium altogether, although he flattered himself more than once that he had over- * m. 242-3.
2 Xm. 336.
3 ibid.
Digitized by VjOOQ IC — 30 — come the habit, and at the end of the Confessions left his reader so to believe.^ We are aware, however, that, on his last attempt, the effects of totally abjnrinfz^ the drug even for a short period were so threatening, that he purposely recommenced, and continued taking it, in reduced quantities, to the end of his life.*-^ "I .
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
We may at this point appositely quote De Quincey's statement: "The Opium Confessions were written with some slight secondary purpose of exposing this specific power of opium upon the faculty of dreaming, but much more with the purpose of displaying the faculty itself;"^ and having withdrawn with him thus far from the plain statement that the drug was the only or all-impoi*tant element to be considered in connection with his dreaming ability and the conception of his dreams, let us turn for a ti...me to the other side of the question. To what extent did the habit influence the composition or execution, of those writings of the third and highest order?
It is generally known that De Quincey did not ultimately give up the use of opium altogether, although he flattered himself more than once that he had over- * m. 242-3.
2 Xm. 336.
3 ibid.
Digitized by VjOOQ IC — 30 — come the habit, and at the end of the Confessions left his reader so to believe.^ We are aware, however, that, on his last attempt, the effects of totally abjnrinfz^ the drug even for a short period were so threatening, that he purposely recommenced, and continued taking it, in reduced quantities, to the end of his life.*-^ "I .
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