On murder /
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 mixt...
| Основен автор: | De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. |
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| Други автори: | Morrison, Robert, 1961- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Серия: |
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=201038 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
On murder. |
| Резюме: |
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'. - ;'For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking an. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 201 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxii). |
| ISBN: |
9780191517228 0191517224 9780192805669 0192805665 |