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Thomas de Quincey: On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed — a knife — a purse — and a dark lane... In this provocative and blackly funny essay, Thomas de Quincey considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how practically every philosopher over the past two hundred years has been murdered — 'insomuch, that if a man…

Thomas de Quincey: Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life...' The Confessions of an English Opium Eater is both a classic of the English autobiographical genre and a hard-nosed study of the effects of drugs on an artistic mind. A close associate of William Wordsworth and Samuel…