Selections from de Quincey, Including Joan of Arc, the English Mail Coach, Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow, and Savannah La Mar; by Thomas De Quincey
Selections from de Quincey, Including Joan of Arc, the English Mail Coach, Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow, and Savannah La Mar;
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Thomas De Quincey
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Selections from de Quincey, Including Joan of Arc, the English Mail Coach, Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow, and Savannah La Mar;

Thomas De Quincey with William Vaughn Moody

202 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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Beginning with a discussion of Levana, the ancient Roman goddess of childbirth, De Quincey imagines three companions for her: Mater Lachrymarum, Our Lady of Tears; Mater Suspiriorum, Our Lady of Sighs; and Mater Tenebrarum, Our Lady of Darkness.

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