The Aesthetics of Murder: A Study in Romantic Literature and Contemporary Culture

by Joel Black

Book Overview

What connects the Romantic essays of Thomas De Quincey and the violent cinema of Brian De Palma? Or the "beautiful" suicides of Hedda Gabler and Yukio Mishima? Or the shootings of John Lennon and Ronald Reagan? In The Aesthetics of Murder, Joel Black explores the sometimes gruesome interplay between life and art, between actual violence and images of violence in a variety of literary texts, paintings, and films.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080184181X
• ISBN13: 9780801841811
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher