Abstract
This essay discusses the different associations of opium in the Romantic period. Whereas for De Quincey, opium, taken in the form of laudanum, had a transformative effect upon his writing, leading to terrible dependency, for Charles Lamb, opium was a drug and medicine associated not with creativity but his mundane work as a clerk for the East India Company in London
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Coleridge Bulletin |
Editors | Jeffry Barbeau |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Friends of Coleridge |
Pages | 35-55 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Volume | 61 |
ISBN (Print) | 0968-0551 |
Publication status | Accepted/In press - 1 Jul 2023 |