Thomas De Quincey, the inaugurator of addiction literature in the West and an essayist of consummate variety, wrote an essay titled “On the Knocking at […]
Tryst with a knife: Hassan Blasim and The Corpse Exhibition
Thomas De Quincey, the inaugurator of addiction literature in the West and an essayist of consummate variety, wrote an essay titled “On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth.” In it, he describes the moment when Macbeth becomes removed from the divine in the human (that is, love, understanding, etc.), and when the fiendish follies of human nature finally accrue to their soprano, turning the Scottish general into a murderer. De Quincey’s emphasis remains on the suspension of the good and the transition to the inhuman sphere that makes such an immoral act possible in the first place. His apprehension of the subject is profound and insightful, offering a glimpse into the inner mechanics of our senses as they are…
Tryst with a knife: Hassan Blasim and The Corpse Exhibition
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