"De Quincey's Disciplines is resourceful and often revealing....The book is valuable for the new ground it breaks, and the new connections it establishes. The mapping in of his accomplishment continues at a brisk pace and...with its breadth and insight, is a significant contribution to that process."--The Charles Lamb Bulletin

"McDonagh shows herself to be an acute close reader with a wide range of reference."--Times Literary Supplement

"McDonagh shows herself to be an acute close reader with a wide range of reference."--Times Literary Supplement

"McDonagh contributes to the revitalization of De Quincey studies."--Nineteenth Century Prose

"De Quincey's Disciplines will prove indispensable to De Quincey scholarship for a long time to come and an important contribution to cultural criticism in general."--Nineteenth-Century Literature