Victorian Contexts: Review of 'Confessions of an English Opium Eater'
An annotated early review of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, written by W. Philips in 1824.
Opium Dens and Opium Usage in Victorian England
http://vichist.blogspot.com/2009/03/opium-dens-and-opium-usage-in-victorian.html
A blog post by Dr. Bruce Rosen of the University of Tasmania explaining how opium was viewed in Victorian culture.
Thomas de Quincey: A Biography
http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/dequincey/bio.html
A short biography of de Quincey by Dr. Marjie Bloy.
De Quincey Revises His Confessions
http://www.jstor.org/stable/460223
Ian Jack's influential article explaining the differences between the original 1821 text and de Quincey's 1856 revision.
Confessions of an Opium Eater Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dcQNdw_j5o
This is the trailer for Albert Zugsmith's dramatically altered 1962 film adaptation of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater.