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Great Ideas

Paperback • 2009 • English

Great Ideas

By Thomas De Quincey

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About the book

Describing the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum, Thomas De Quincey's legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction, and paved the way for later generations of literary drug-takers from Baudelaire to Burroughs. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have insp...Show more

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ISBN

9780141043890

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Great Ideas

Format

Paperback

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