Thomas De Quincey

Thomas De Quincey was an English essayist and author, best known for his autobiographical work 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' (1821), which became a landmark in the development of the personal essay and explored the dark realms of addiction and dreams. He was closely associated with the Romantic poets, particularly William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and his elaborate, psychologically probing style influenced later writers.