The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2Volume 2 — THOMAS DE QUINCEYReading editionChapter navigation29 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE POSTHUMOUS WORKSTHOMAS DE QUINCEYVOLUME II.CONVERSATION AND COLERIDGECRITICAL, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, IMAGINATIVE AND HUMOROUSTHOMAS DE QUINCEYPREFACE.CONTENTS.INTRODUCTION.I. CONVERSATION AND S. T. COLERIDGE.II. MR. FINLAY'S HISTORY OF GREECE.III. THE ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR.IV. CICERO (SUPPLEMENTARY TO PUBLISHED ESSAY).V. MEMORIAL CHRONOLOGY.VI. CHRYSOMANIA; OR, THE GOLD-FRENZY IN ITS PRESENT STAGE.VII. DEFENCE OF THE ENGLISH PEERAGE.VIII. THE ANTI-PAPAL MOVEMENT.IX. THEORY AND PRACTICE:X. POPE AND DIDACTIC POETRY.XI. SHAKSPEARE AND WORDSWORTH.XII. CRITICISM ON SOME OF COLERIDGE'S CRITICISMS OF WORDSWORTH.XIII. WORDSWORTH AND SOUTHEY: AFFINITIES AND DIFFERENCES.XIV. PRONUNCIATION.XV. THE JEWISH SCRIPTURES COULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN NO MODERN ERA.XVI. DISPERSION OF THE JEWS, AND JOSEPHUS'S ENMITY TO CHRISTIANITY.XVII. CHRISTIANITY AS THE RESULT OF PRE-ESTABLISHED HARMONY.XVIII. THE MESSIANIC IDEA ROMANIZED.XIX. CONTRAST OF GREEK AND PERSIAN FEELING IN CERTAIN ASPECTS.XX. OMITTED PASSAGES AND VARIED READINGS.Previous chapter ←Volume 2 — CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, IMAGINATIVE AND HUMOROUSNext chapter →Volume 2 — PREFACE.All chapters and sections (29)Other sectionsTHE POSTHUMOUS WORKSTHOMAS DE QUINCEYSections2Volume 2 · Other sectionsCONVERSATION AND COLERIDGECRITICAL, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, IMAGINATIVE AND HUMOROUSTHOMAS DE QUINCEYPREFACE.CONTENTS.INTRODUCTION.I. CONVERSATION AND S. T. COLERIDGE.II. MR. FINLAY'S HISTORY OF GREECE.III. THE ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR.IV. CICERO (SUPPLEMENTARY TO PUBLISHED ESSAY).V. MEMORIAL CHRONOLOGY.VI. CHRYSOMANIA; OR, THE GOLD-FRENZY IN ITS PRESENT STAGE.VII. DEFENCE OF THE ENGLISH PEERAGE.VIII. THE ANTI-PAPAL MOVEMENT.IX. THEORY AND PRACTICE:X. POPE AND DIDACTIC POETRY.XI. SHAKSPEARE AND WORDSWORTH.XII. CRITICISM ON SOME OF COLERIDGE'S CRITICISMS OF WORDSWORTH.XIII. WORDSWORTH AND SOUTHEY: AFFINITIES AND DIFFERENCES.XIV. PRONUNCIATION.XV. THE JEWISH SCRIPTURES COULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN NO MODERN ERA.XVI. DISPERSION OF THE JEWS, AND JOSEPHUS'S ENMITY TO CHRISTIANITY.XVII. CHRISTIANITY AS THE RESULT OF PRE-ESTABLISHED HARMONY.XVIII. THE MESSIANIC IDEA ROMANIZED.XIX. CONTRAST OF GREEK AND PERSIAN FEELING IN CERTAIN ASPECTS.XX. OMITTED PASSAGES AND VARIED READINGS.LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1893◇← CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, IMAGINATIVE AND HUMOROUSPREFACE. →