DeQuincey

McDonagh finds in DeQuincey's writing what we are here trying to point out in Landon's, and that is a dual (and even contradictory) theme in late-romantic writing: "the ambiguous relationship that literature comes to occupy in relation to capital, being at once a refuge from and defense against the encroachment of industrialization and capital, but also complicit with the values and interests of industry and commerce" (90).

Commentary on "Verses" by L.E.L. 2000

"DeQuincey reworked the Romantic idea that literature provided a means through which the corrupting influences of industry and capital might be fended off" (74).

Commentary on "Verses" by L.E.L. 2000

In this assessment of Wordsworth's stature almost all the other major literary figures of his own and the following generation agreed, including Coleridge, Hazlitt, DeQuincey, Shelley, Keats.

The Strangeness of Wordsworth Abrams, M.H. 1989

Mr. Craig had thrown open to his use a lovely cottage and grounds, commonly known as 'the Paddock,' which DeQuincey and his family occupied for several years as privileged guests.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Overcome by such recluse habits, DeQuincey showed no desire to court the patronage of the great, and had but little intercourse with the lordly family of the Dalhousies.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Pascal and Coleridge, DeQuincey and Webster -- how the list of those who have had to fight bitter battles for spiritual liberty might be extended

The Ascent of the Soul Amory H. Bradford

"Man is but a weed in those vast regions," says DeQuincey.

If Not Silver, What? John W. Bookwalter

DeQuincey had by this time escaped from the poverty of his early days, of which he speaks so bitterly in his 'Confessions,' and was, if not a man of wealth, at least in easy circumstances.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

In England, the philosopher DeQuincey wrote that California and Australia might be relied upon to furnish the world $350,000,000 in gold per year for many years, thus rendering the metal practically worthless for monetary purposes, and another Englishman, as if resolved to go one better, declared that gold would soon be fit only for the dust pan.

If Not Silver, What? John W. Bookwalter

DeQuincey was at that time writing for Hogg's _Instructor_, a popular

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various