Suspiria De Profundis and Other Writings

by Thomas de Quincey

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Genres: Essays, Classics, Nonfiction, Poetry, Horror, Literature

103 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2007

About the author

Thomas de Quincey was an English author and intellectual, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821).
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_d...

Reviews

[Simran Singh · Rating 3 out of 5]

if one is to name any defining characteristic of romantic era writers, it has to be verbosity. goldmine of insights buried deep into flowing verbose passages.

(did editors not exist back then?)

[Carlos Cobertizo · Rating 4 out of 5]

"La segunda hermana se llama Mater Suspiriorum. Ni asciende a las nubes ni camina en los vientos. Si pudiéramos ver sus ojos no los juzgaríamos dulces ni sutiles. No hay hombre capaz de leer su historia: sería una historia llena de sueños destruidos y ruinas de un delirio olvidado. No levanta los ojos; la cabeza, cubierta por un viejo turbante, siempre está inclinada, siempre vuelta hacia el polvo. No llora. No se queja. De cuando en cuando suspira de manera inaudible. No grita nunca. No desafía, no sueña con aspiraciones rebeldes. Es humilde hasta la abyección. SI dice algo entre dientes es siempre en lugares de soledad tan desolados como ella misma, en medio de ciudades en ruinas, cuando el sol ha descendido a su descanso"

[Ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

One can definitely see the influence these had on Baudelaire (and Argento. Was I reading this because I watched Suspiria for the first time this weekend? Yes). The 4-star rating is mostly for ‘Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow’, as well as ‘Savannah-La-Mar’

[Tom Rogerson · Rating 3 out of 5]

He was really off his rocker!

[Liza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lushly dense, florid writing. I never realized how short the source material for Suspiria, Inferno and several other movies really was! The other stories included are nice too.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only read "The palimpsest of the human brain".

[Grazaza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Da recuperare il Film Suspiria ispirato dall'ultimo racconto.

[Melissa Roman · Rating 5 out of 5]

A true insight of what most of us feel about certain topics. I found it extremely reliable with how it described his mind in the affliction of childhood. Definitely I will read this in older age, I feel that by then I would get this book more and more.

[Lysergius · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somewhat disappointing after "The Confessions", but the prose is De Quincey and it sparkles.

[Erica Graziani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boh

[Bryce Deupree · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only know about and read this book cause of the entirely unrelated 70s movie