RKS Literature: Murder: Aesthetics and Morality (Thomas De Quincey)

“Murder, for instance, may be laid hold of by its moral handle, (as it generally is in the pulpit, and at the Old Bailey) and that I confess, is its weak side; or it may also be treated aesthetically, as the Germans call it, that is in relation to good taste.”  Thomas de Quincey, “OnContinue reading “RKS Literature: Murder: Aesthetics and Morality (Thomas De Quincey)”