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Some people might be surprised that 'Rambo's creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose major theme is awareness. Whether I'm writing about military personnel, law enforcement, or De Quincey, the persistent theme is paying attention in a hostile world.
David Morrell

Meaning of "De Quincey" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DE QUINCEY

De Quincey  [də ˈkwɪnsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DE QUINCEY

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De Quincey is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DE QUINCEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

De Quincey

Thomas De Quincey

Thomas Penson De Quincey was an English essayist, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West.

Definition of De Quincey in the English dictionary

The definition of De Quincey in the dictionary is Thomas. 1785–1859, English critic and essayist, noted particularly for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DE QUINCEY


agency
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consistency
kənˈsɪstənsɪ
consultancy
kənˈsʌltənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
deficiency
dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
ensigncy
ˈensaɪnsɪ
fancy
ˈfænsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
mincy
ˈmɪnsɪ
nancy
ˈnænsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
residency
ˈrɛzɪdənsɪ
tendency
ˈtɛndənsɪ
transparency
trænsˈpærənsɪ
vacancy
ˈveɪkənsɪ
wincey
ˈwɪnsɪ

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德·昆西
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डी Quincey
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دي كوينسي
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Де Квинси
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デ·クインシー
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de Quincey
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де Квінсі
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about De Quincey

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David Morrell
Some people might be surprised that 'Rambo's creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose major theme is awareness. Whether I'm writing about military personnel, law enforcement, or De Quincey, the persistent theme is paying attention in a hostile world.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DE QUINCEY»

Discover the use of De Quincey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to De Quincey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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De Quincey's Gothic Masquerade
Addressed to all who are interested in De Quincey's work and its place in literary history, and to the many readers in the English and German-speaking worlds who share De Quincey's and the author's enthusiasm for Gothic, this book adds ...
Patrick Bridgwater, 2004
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Radical Nature: The Soul of Matter
In this new edition of the award-winning Radical Nature, Christian de Quincey explores the “hard problem” of philosophy--how mind and matter are related--and proposes a radical and surprising answer: that matter itself tingles with ...
Christian de Quincey, 2010
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Thomas De Quincey: New Theoretical and Critical Directions
The volume brings together ten of the top De Quincey scholars in the world, and engages directly with the immense amount of new information to be published on De Quincey in the past two decades.
Robert Morrison, Daniel S. Roberts, 2012
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The Infection of Thomas De Quincey: A Psychopathology of ...
This book, which is an account of De Quincey's fears of all things oriental, is also an analysis of the psychopathology of mid-Victorian imperialist culture.
John Barrell, 1991
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De Quincey
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
Sidney Low, 2007
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The Caesars
-- Thomas De Quincey, The CaesarsOriginally published in 1853, this intriguing volume incisively examines an era of the ancient past known as "The Caesars.
Thomas De Quincey, 2005
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De Quincey
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
Henry S. Salt, 2007
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De Quincey's Romanticism: Canonical Minority and the Forms ...
Taking an intertextual approach, Russett situates De Quincey's career against the works of Wordsworth and Coleridge; the essays of Lamb, Hazlitt, and other writers for the London Magazine; and discourses of ethics and political economy ...
Margaret Russett, 1997
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On Murder
Ranging from gruesomely vivid reportage and brilliantly funny satiric high jinks to penetrating literary and aesthetic criticism, the essays had aremarkable impact on crime, terror, and detective fiction, as well as on the rise of ...
Thomas De Quincey, Robert Morrison, 2006
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The Avenger: Easyread Comfort Edition
The Avenger, a disturbing exploration of violence, vigilantism, and religious persecution is a story of murders by John Williams, who in 1811 brutally killed seven people in London's East End.
Thomas de Quincey, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DE QUINCEY»

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'I wandered lonely as a cloud'
The most prominent amongst them were: Robert Southey [1774 – 1843]; Thomas De Quincey [1785 – 1859]; Samuel Taylor Coleridge [1772 ... «The Island.lk, Jul 15»
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'Inspector of the Dead' has makings of juicy period-piece mystery …
The book is centered around Thomas De Quincey — a notorious essayist who chronicled his ongoing opium addiction — his daughter Emily, ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
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The Cracked Archangel
It was the “Urne-Buriall” that Thomas De Quincey praised when he characterized Browne's prose as a “melodious ascent as of a prelude to ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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Federic Gros, Matthew Beaumont, Dan Rubinstein: in all walks of life
... classics of nightwalking literature by Thomas De Quincey, William Blake, Charles Dickens (his writing “soaked in the semiotics of walking”), ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
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Magna Carta: Title deed of our human rights
In Saire de Quincey's tent pavilion, they hammered out the final language in all the clauses. Three barons awaited John with De Quincy. «Pueblo Chieftain, Jun 15»
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London Overground: A Day's Walk Around The Ginger Line by Iain …
"A book is a city," he proclaims, typically winding VS Pritchett, Arthur Morrison and Thomas de Quincey into a grubby skein of Wapping tales. «The Independent, Jun 15»
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The right heroine makes all the difference
... desperate craving again — addiction has inspired great literature, from the works of Thomas De Quincey to William Burroughs, not to mention ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
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A very bard spelling mistake
'Perhaps the most superb work in the language' said Thomas de Quincey of Shakespeare's rarely-performed The Two Noble Kinsmen. «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Book Reviews: "Inspector of the Dead" by David Morrell
David Morrell's De Quincey, also an object of derision among a certain class of Londoner, is something else again: right out of the brainy, ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, May 15»
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To Thug or Not to Thug
In "1839 T. De Quincey 2nd Paper on Murder in Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 668/2 [wrote] [a]t length came the toast of the day -- Thugdom in all its ... «American Thinker, May 15»

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