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Discusses works by great painters such as Delacroix and Ingres. This title features writings on Poe, Flaubert and Gautier.

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The Salon of 1845 (extracts); the Salon of 1846 (extracts); of virtuous plays and novels; the universal exhibition of 1855 - the fine arts (extracts); of the essence of laughter, and generally of the comic in the plastic arts; Edgar Allan Poe, his life and works; further notes on Edgar Poe; some French caricaturists; "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert; Theophile Gautier; the Salon of 1859 (extracts); Richard Wagner and "Tannhauser" in Paris; the life and work of Eugene Delacroix; the painter and modern life.

Selected Writings on Art and Literature Penguin

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 29 October 1992
      ISBN-13 9780140446067
      978-0140446067
      ISBN-10 0140446060
      Also in:
      Non Fiction Art & Photography The arts: general topics Biography Essays ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Discusses works by great painters such as Delacroix and Ingres. This title features writings on Poe, Flaubert and Gautier.

      Table of Contents
      The Salon of 1845 (extracts); the Salon of 1846 (extracts); of virtuous plays and novels; the universal exhibition of 1855 - the fine arts (extracts); of the essence of laughter, and generally of the comic in the plastic arts; Edgar Allan Poe, his life and works; further notes on Edgar Poe; some French caricaturists; "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert; Theophile Gautier; the Salon of 1859 (extracts); Richard Wagner and "Tannhauser" in Paris; the life and work of Eugene Delacroix; the painter and modern life.

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