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The essay is divided into three sections: Part I, "The Glory of Motion," is devoted to a lavish description of the mail coach system then in use in England, and the sensations of riding on the outside upper seats of the coaches (in the author's often opium-tinged perceptions). Part II, "The Vision of Sudden Death," deals in great detail with a near-accident that occurred one night while De Quincey, intoxicated with opium, was riding on an outside seat of a mail coach. The driver fell asleep and the massive coach nearly collided with a gig bearing a young couple. Part III, "Dream Fugue, Founded on the Preceding Theme of Sudden Death," is devoted to De Quincey's opium dreams and reveries that elaborated on the elements of Parts I and II. Its literary quality and its unique nature have made The English Mail-Coach a central focus of De Quincey scholarship and criticism.
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- PublisherDutton Books
- Publication date1961
- ISBN 10 0460006096
- ISBN 13 9780460006095
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages352
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The English Mail Coach and Other Essays (Introduction by John E. Jordan)
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Dent: London (Everyman's Library), 1970
ISBN 10: 0460006096
ISBN 13: 9780460006095
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The English Mail Coach and Other Essays (Everyman's Library #609)
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Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., London / New York, 1970
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ISBN 13: 9780460006095
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. A 1966 reprint of the 1912 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition presenting essays by England's Thomas De Quincy (1785-1859). Probably best known for his "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" (1821), these essays range from the title work, to "On Murder," "Joan of Arc," "Immanuel Kant" and other topics. With an introduction by John E. Jordan. Number 609 in Everyman's Library Essays and Belles Lettres series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 5. Full blue cloth-look paper-covered boards with titling and "Everyman's Library" stamped on spine in silver, dolphin-and-anchor device borrowed from Aldine press in silver at tail of spine. In lilac dust jacket variant with Edward Bowden drawing of a mail coach to front panel. --- An about-Near Fine copy: bright, tightly-bound and unmarked. Clipped dust jacket is in great shape, though with mild rubbing, otherwise intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. ; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xii, 339 pages. Seller Inventory # 88635
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