Thomas de Quincey

Thomas de Quincey
Thomas de Quincey deur John Watson-Gordon
Gebore	Thomas Penson Quincey (1785-08-15)15 Augustus 1785 Manchester, Lancashire, Engeland
Sterf	8 Desember 1859 (op 74) Edinburgh, Skotland
Noemenswaardige werke	Confessions of an English Opium-Eater "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth"
Handtekening

Thomas Penson de Quincey (/də ˈkwɪnsi/;^[1] (ne) Thomas Penson Quincey; 15 Augustus 1785 – 8 Desember 1859) was 'n Engelse skrywer, essayis en literêre kritikus. Hy is veral bekend vir sy Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821).^[2][3] Baie skolastici is die mening toegedaan dat de Quincey deur die publikasie van sy werk die tradisie van die "verslawingsliteratuur" in die Weste laat posvat het.^[4]

1. ↑ De Quincey. Dictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/de_quincey (besoek: 29 Junie 2013).
2. ↑ Eaton, Horace Ainsworth, Thomas De Quincey: A Biography, New York, Drukpers van die Universiteit van Oxford, 1936; herdruk New York, Octagon Books, 1972;
3. ↑ Lindop, Grevel. The Opium-Eater: A Life of Thomas De Quincey. J. M. Dent & Sons, 1981.
4. ↑ Morrison, Robert. "De Quincey's Wicked Book", OUP Blog. Drukpers van die Universiteit van Oxford, 2013.