| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 201 pages). |
| Series |
Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxii). |
| Contents |
On the knocking at the gate in Macbeth -- On murder considered as one of the fine arts -- The avenger -- Second paper on murder considered as one of the fine arts -- Postscript [to On murder considered as one of the fine arts]. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Williams, John.
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Williams, John. (OCoLC)fst00067635
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Murder -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Murder in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
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Murder in literature. (OCoLC)fst01029804
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Morrison, Robert, 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. On murder. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006273432 |
| Standard No. |
9780192805669 |
| ISBN |
9780191517228 (electronic bk.) |
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0191517224 (electronic bk.) |
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