On Murder

Considered as One of the Fine Arts

Thomas De Quincey

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English

Alma Edizioni
01 February 2017

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; Parodies & spoofs

Series: Quirky Classics

In this dispassionate analysis of the act of murder, De Quincey’s innovative, idiosyncratic 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.

By: Thomas De Quincey
Imprint: Alma Edizioni
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 150mm, Width: 110mm,
Weight: 93g
ISBN: 9781847496850
ISBN 10: 1847496857
Series: Quirky Classics
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 February 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) was an English writer, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater.