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- English
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About this book
This book, first published in 1947, is collection of critical essays by Herbert Read that had not been previously published in book form. The essays cover several different subject areas, including literature, art, architecture, and film, from a span of twenty years. This title will be of interest to a variety of readers.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- 1. THE GREATEST WORK OF ART IN THE WORLD
- 2. ERIC GILL
- 3. KLEE
- 4. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
- 5. âTHE SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOMâ
- 6. ART AND THE PEOPLE
- 7. HENRY JAMES
- 8. ART AND WAR
- 9. GEORGE HERBERT
- 10. CĂZANNE
- 11. THE âPRELUDEâ IN WARTIME
- 12. BOSCH AND DALI
- 13. THE PARADOX OF ANARCHISM
- 14. HAVELOCK ELLIS
- 15. THE FAILURE OF THE WAR BOOKS
- 16. WILLIAM MORRIS
- 17. BEN NICHOLSON
- 18. ENGLISH PROSE
- 19. HENRI ROUSSEAU
- 20. THE FACULTY OF ABSTRACTION
- 21. THE LAST OF THE BOHEMIANS
- 22. ART AND AUTARKY
- 23. COLERIDGE
- 24. VULGARITY
- 25. SHELLEY
- 26. PROBLEMS OF PRIMITIVE ART
- 27. MILTON
- 28. SICKERT
- 29. FILM ĂSTHETIC
- 30. JAMES JOYCE
- 31. THE LANGUAGE OF THE EYE
- 32. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
- 33. GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS
- 34. THE POETRY AND PROSE OF PAINTING
- 35. DOCTOR FAUSTUS
- 36. TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
- 37. WORDSWORTHâS REMORSE
- 38. REALISM AND SUPERREALISM
- 39. A FURTHER NOTE ON SUPERREALISM
- 40. GEORGE SAINTSBURY
- 41. MAX LIEBERMANN
- 42. ART AND ETHICS
- 43. THE LATER YEATS
- 44. SOCIALIST REALISM
- 45. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WILLIAM JAMES
- 46. THE POET AND THE FILM
- 47. THE MESSAGE OF RUSKIN
- 48. ETRUSCAN ART
- 49. WALTER DE LA MARE
- 50. JEAN HĂLION
- 51. KIERKEGAARD
- 52. INDIAN ART
- 53. THE ARCHITECTâS PLACE IN A MODERN SOCIETY
- 54. D. H. LAWRENCE
- 55. MODERN CHINESE PAINTING
- 56. WALTER BAGEHOT
- 57. THE TRIUMPH OF PICASSO
- 58. THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION IN AMERICAN FICTION
- 59. ROGER FRY
- 60. RAPHAEL
- 61. T. E. HULME
- 62. SEURATâS âLA BAIGNADEâ
- 63. STENDHAL
- 64. GEORGES ROUAULT
- 65. A COMMUNITY OF INDIVIDUALS
- 66. PICASSOâS âGUERNICAâ
- 67. MACHINE ĂSTHETIC
- 68. ANDRĂ GIDE
- 69. THE DUALITY OF LEONARDO
- 70. THE âAREOPAGITICAâ
- 71. ENVOY
- NOTES