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On murder (New ed.)

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Thomas De Quincey's three essays 'On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts' centre on the notorious career of the murderer John Williams, who in 1811 brutally killed seven people in London's East End.

De Quincey coolly dissects the art of murder and its perfections, in a mixture of reportage, black satire, and aesthetic criticism.

The volume also contains 'On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth' and De Quincey's finest tale of terror, 'The Avenger'.

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Product Details
Oxford University Press
0191604755 / 9780191604751
eBook (EPUB)
828.809
12/01/2006
England
English
681 pages
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