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. Design, gentlemen, grouping, light and shade, poetry, sentiment, are now deemed indispensable... Blackwood's Magazine - Seite 1921827Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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| John G. Cawelti - 1976 - 344 Seiten
...accomplishment in the present day that it ought to receive an adequately serious criticism: in this age, when masterpieces of excellence have been executed...corresponding improvement, practice and theory must advance pari passu. People begin to see that something more goes to the completion of a fine murder than two... | |
| David Lehman - 1989 - 280 Seiten
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| Daphne Watson - 1995 - 176 Seiten
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| Hal Gladfelder - 2001 - 308 Seiten
...Considered as One of the Fine Arts. There he noted a growing sophistication on the part of readers: "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."26 But the... | |
| Hal Gladfelder - 2001 - 308 Seiten
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| Val McDermid - 2007 - 525 Seiten
...ago, when the art was little understood, and few great models had been exhibited; but in this age, when masterpieces of excellence have been executed...look for something of a corresponding improvement. Tony Hill tucked his hands behind his head and stared up at the ceiling. There was a fine web of cracks... | |
| Albert Borowitz - 2002 - 208 Seiten
...imaginary connoisseur of crime lays down mock-aesthetic standards for the evaluation of the "fine murder": "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.... | |
| Martin Booth - 2004 - 294 Seiten
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