Thomas de Quincey

On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts is an essay by Thomas De Quincey. A fictional account of a report made to a gentleman's club regarding the visual appreciation of murder. For friends of satire!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: e-artnow
• Seitenzahl: 29
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4066339567368
• Artikelnr.: 69548927

Autorenporträt

Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859) was an English essayist and critic, best known for his confessional memoirs and his intricate, elegant prose style. With a literary career spanning over three decades, de Quincey was a prolific writer on subjects ranging from philosophy to economics, yet he remains most celebrated for his personal and often subjective approach to essay-writing. De Quincey's most enduring work, 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' (1821), offers an introspective and at times hallucinatory account of his struggles with opium addiction, influencing both the genre of confessional literature and the Romantic literary movement. His fascination with the macabre and the psychologically complex is exemplified in his series of essays 'On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts' (1827), in which he treats crime with aesthetic scrutiny and dark humor, exploring the interplay between ethics, art, and violence. This satirical analysis reflects de Quincey's intricate understanding of human nature and predilection for the gothic, resonating with the Victorian public's fear and fascination with crime. His works have continued to attract scholarly interest for their style, erudition, and insight into 19th-century British culture.