Project Gutenberg 2006-12-11 Public domain in the USA. 98 De Quincey, Thomas 1785 1859 Quincey, Thomas de Quincy, Thomas de Kvinsi, Tomas de DeQuincey, Thomas Hogg, James 1830 1910 The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Produced by Robert Connal, Paul Good and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2" by Thomas De Quincey is a collection of essays and articles written in the mid-19th century. The volume covers a range of topics, indicating De Quincey's diverse interests including critiques on Shakespeare's text, discussions on morality and warfare, and explorations of literature and language. This compilation showcases the author's intellectual engagement with pressing cultural and historical questions of his time, making it a compelling read for those interested in Victorian thought and literary criticism. At the start of the book, the content reveals De Quincey’s reflections on the English in China, meticulously examining the moral implications of British colonial actions in the context of the Anglo-Chinese conflicts. The opening essay, originally published in 1857, serves as a commentary on British imperialism, reflecting on the ethical dilemmas faced by the British as they navigated their interests abroad amid rising tensions in China. De Quincey's analysis merges historical narrative with moral inquiry, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of cultural interactions and the responsibilities of nations towards one another. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English literature PR Text Browsing: Literature 634485 634494 2024-09-09T03:48:54.519820 2023-09-09T06:44:40.565261 text/html text/html 643449 2006-12-11T11:06:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 286262 2006-12-11T11:06:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 361467 2024-09-09T03:49:04.933718 application/epub+zip 364675 2024-09-09T03:48:57.687790 application/epub+zip 323597 2024-09-09T03:48:56.400826 application/epub+zip 670538 2024-09-09T03:49:10.519727 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 621294 2024-09-09T03:49:03.809751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435322 2022-09-09T12:42:58.733550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 585494 585228 2024-09-09T03:48:53.573812 2023-09-09T06:44:39.743249 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 585368 2006-12-11T11:06:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 229432 2006-12-11T11:06:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 585372 2006-12-11T11:06:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 229337 2006-12-11T11:06:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20446 2024-09-09T03:49:10.666808 application/rdf+xml 22837 2024-09-09T03:48:56.776778 image/jpeg 4541 2024-09-09T03:48:56.585787 image/jpeg 382546 2024-09-09T03:48:54.576814 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia