On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9781646795574

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by Thomas de Quincy (Author)

"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..."

-Thomas De Quincy

In On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts (1827), Thomas De Quincy used a series of murders, allegedly committed in London in 1811 by John Williams, as the centerpiece of a satirical essay that whimsically discusses the aesthetics of murder. In this commentary, De Quincy uses black humor to make a tongue-in-cheek statement about the impact of crime. His writing had a remarkable impact on crime, terror, and detective fiction and was praised by critics like G. K. Chesterton and George Orwell.

Number of Pages: 40

Dimensions: 0.1 x 8 x 5 IN

Publication Date: October 03, 1827

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