Romanticism and its discontents
Title:
Romanticism and its discontents
Author:
Brookner, Anita.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000.
Physical Description:
ix, 198 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
Romanticism: a change of outlook -- Gros: hero and victim -- Alfred de Musset: enfant du siècle -- Baudelaire: the black frock coat -- Delacroix: romantic classicist -- Ingres: art for art's sake -- The Brothers Goncourt: the breakdown of joy -- Zola: art for like's sake -- Huysmans: the madness of art.
ISBN:
9780374251598
Format :
Book
