The Infection of Thomas De Quincey: A Psychopathology of Imperialism.

Martin A. Danahay, John Barrell

The American Historical Review · 1992 · 110 citations · 0 references

Concepts

Abstract

Hydrocephalus - the death of Elizabeth nympholepsy - phantoms of delight tigridiasis - Tipu's revenge hydrophobia - out in the midday sun the king's evil - the house of De Quincey diplopia - two girls for every boy the plague of Cairo and the death of a theory homocidal mania - tales of massacre and vengeance yellow fever - the opium wars leontiasis - the Kandyan wars and the leprosy of cowardice phallalgia - India in 1857.