The Aesthetics of Murder: A Study in Romantic Literature and Contemporary Culture
(Part of the Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society Series)
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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. Rather than exclude...
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
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