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Aesthetics of Murder:

A Study in Romantic Literature and Contemporary Culture (POD)
  • ISBN-13: 9780801841811
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Joel Black
  • Price: AUD $71.99
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  • Local release date: 14/11/1991
  • Format: Paperback (10.00mm X 10.00mm) 304 pages Weight: 480g
  • Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]
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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 murder from critical consideration by dismissing it as a crime, Black urges us to ponder the killer's artistic role--and our own experience as audience, witness, or voyeur.


Contents:

Preface



Introduction



Part I



ONE Murder as (Fine) Art

TWO Murder as (Pure) Action

THREE Murder as (Carnal) Knowledge



Part II



FOUR Mimesis and Murder

FIVE Catharsis and Murder

AFTERWORD Writing after Murder



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""Chances are that you'll have a hard time fighting his suasive thesis.""

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