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The Aesthetics of Murder

Name: The Aesthetics of Murder
Brand: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780801841811
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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9780801841811

A Study in Romantic Literature and Contemporary Culture

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By Joel Black
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: November 14, 1991
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 304

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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

Notes

Index

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

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