{"product_id":"on-murder-considered-as-one-of-the-fine-arts-9781646795574","title":"On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed-a knife-a purse-and a dark lane...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Thomas De Quincy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts (1827), Thomas De Quincy used a series of murders, allegedly committed in London in 1811 by John Williams, as the centerpiece of a satirical essay that whimsically discusses the aesthetics of murder. In this commentary, De Quincy uses black humor to make a tongue-in-cheek statement about the impact of crime. His writing had a remarkable impact on crime, terror, and detective fiction and was praised by critics like G. K. Chesterton and George Orwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ede Quincy, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - THOMAS DE QUINCEY (1785-1859) an English essayist, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821), was educated at schools in Bath and Winkfield, but left Oxford without a degree. In 1807 he settled in London, where he became close friends of the writers Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. De Quincey's influence was later seen in the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Baudelaire.","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52033954382098,"sku":"9781646795574","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eb2c24c6-e3a5-416d-b2df-5fd1f33d7b84.jpg?v=1770981469","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-murder-considered-as-one-of-the-fine-arts-9781646795574","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}