On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts
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"On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts" is an essay by Thomas De Quincey first published in 1827 in Blackwood's Magazine. The essay is a fictional, satirical account of an address made to a gentleman's club concerning the aesthetic appreciation of murder. It focuses particularly on a series of murders committed in 1811 by John Williams in the neighborhood of Ratcliffe Highway, London. The essay was enthusiastically received[1] and led to numerous sequels, including "A Second Paper on Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts" in 1839 and a "Postscript" in 1854. These essays have exerted a strong influence on subsequent literary representations of crime and were lauded by such critics as G. K. Chesterton, Wyndham Lewis and George Orwell.[2]
De Quincey also refers to the Williams murders in his On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth.
Notes
- ^ Morrison xxv.
- ^ Morrison xxvi.
References
- Morrison, Robert. (2006) Introduction to On Murder by Thomas De Quincey. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2006.
External links
Categories:
- 1827 works
- 19th-century essays
- British essays
- Works originally published in Blackwood's Magazine
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