On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts


Cover of the book On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts by Thomas De Quincey, Alma Books
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Author: Thomas De Quincey ISBN: 9780714546667
Publisher: Alma Books Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Thomas De Quincey
ISBN: 9780714546667
Publisher: Alma Books
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English
In this dispassionate analysis of the act of murder, De Quincey's innovative, idio-syncratic artistic vision found space for gruesome reportage, satire, aesthetic and literary criticism, in a work strewn with examples ranging from antiquity to his own time, including the urban serial-killer John Williams. De Quincey's seminal 1827 work was greatly influential on such writers as Poe, Baudelaire and Borges, and the trace of its impact can still be found today in modern satire, black humour and crime and detective fiction.
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In this dispassionate analysis of the act of murder, De Quincey's innovative, idio-syncratic artistic vision found space for gruesome reportage, satire, aesthetic and literary criticism, in a work strewn with examples ranging from antiquity to his own time, including the urban serial-killer John Williams. De Quincey's seminal 1827 work was greatly influential on such writers as Poe, Baudelaire and Borges, and the trace of its impact can still be found today in modern satire, black humour and crime and detective fiction.

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