English essayist and critic. Much of De Quincey's writings such as
Murder Considered One of the Fine Arts appeared in Blackwood's
Magazine and Tait's Magazine. De Quincey's most famous work,
Confessions of an Opium Eater was serialized in 1821 in The London
Magazine and tells of his vagabondage in Wales and his opium
addiction. His other works include Suspira de Profundis, Levana,
and Our Lady of Sorrows (1845), and The English Mail Coach (1849).
His works are collected in ten volumes.
A Summary Survey (1838)
In this article taken from De Quincey's essay on Shakespeare that
appeared in the 1838 Seventh Edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica,
he compares the beauty of Shakespeare's female characters with
those of the Greek poets.
