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" On murder / "
Thomas De Quincey ; edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Morrison.
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BL
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1029699
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b784069
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| Main Entry
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De Quincey, Thomas,1785-1859.
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On murder /\ Thomas De Quincey ; edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Morrison.
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, 2006.
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Oxford world's classics
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1 online resource (xxxvii, 201 pages)
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0191517224
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: 0192805665
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: 9780191517228
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: 9780192805669
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0192805665
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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxii).
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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].
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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'. - ;'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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Williams, John,1784-1811.
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De Quincey, Thomas.
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Williams, John,1784-1811.
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Murder in literature.
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Murder-- England-- History-- 19th century.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Murder in literature.
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Murder.
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On murder considered as one of the fine arts.
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England.
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828.809
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PR4532.M64 2006eb
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18.05bcl
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HL 2578rvk
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Morrison, Robert,1961-
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