On Murder

Author	: Thomas De Quincey
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 240
Release	: 2009-03-26
ISBN-10	: 9780199539048
ISBN-13	: 0199539049
Rating	: 4/5 (049 Downloads)

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Download or read book On Murder written by Thomas De Quincey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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