Suspiria de Profundis · Character

Thomas De Quincey

The author, occasionally referred to in third person.

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Also known as De Quincey

Thomas De Quincey shows up with force in Editor's Preface. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Author of the Suspiria, whose complex publication history and unfulfilled plan for a single volume are discussed.

Thomas De Quincey first appears in 0001 suspiria de profundis.

In Editor's Preface: Author of the Suspiria, whose complex publication history and unfulfilled plan for a single volume are discussed.

Later, in Dreaming: Authorial voice discussing the purpose of the Confessions and his personal dream experiences.

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Editor's Preface
Author of the Suspiria, whose complex publication history and unfulfilled plan for a single volume are discussed.
Dreaming
Authorial voice discussing the purpose of the Confessions and his personal dream experiences.
The Glory of Motion
The author and narrator, reflecting on his own past as a student at Oxford and the influence of mail-coaches on his dreams.
II: The Vision of Sudden Death
The author and narrator, who took laudanum before the incident and whose dreams are haunted by the vision.
The Palimpsest of the Human Brain
Authorial voice, referencing his own Opium Confessions and the effects of opium on memory.
The Apparition of the Brocken
Implied as the authorial voice behind the narrator, reflecting on his own dreams and opium experiences.
The Princess Who Overlooked One Seed in a Pomegranate
Implied as the subject of the opium career and the personal history of error described.
Who Is This Woman That Beckoneth and Warneth Me from the Place Where She Is, and in Whose Eyes Is Woeful Remembrance? I Guess Who She Is
The authorial voice behind the narrator, reflecting on personal memories and dreams.

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