Sacramental commodities : gift, text, and the sublime in De Quincey

Author(s)

• Rzepka, Charles J.

Bibliographic Information

Sacramental commodities : gift, text, and the sublime in De Quincey

Charles J. Rzepka

University of Massachusetts Press, c1995

• pbk. : alk. paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This study argues that in the 18th and early 19th centuries writers fought against a perceived loss of authority by developing a theory of the rhetorical sublime. Against this background, the book examines the life and work of writer and opium addict Thomas De Quincey.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA25674631
• ISBN:
  • 0870239619
  • 0870239627
• LCCN: 94038875
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amherst
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 340 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR4536
  • DC20 : 828/.809
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. Confessions of an English opium eater
  • LCSH : Narcotic addicts -- Biography -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Authors, English -- Biography -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Confession stories -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Power (Social sciences) in literature
  • LCSH : Sublime, The, in literature
  • LCSH : Sacraments in literature
  • LCSH : Autobiography