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In this thoughtful collection of essays, published in 1893, James offers his critique on the art of illustration as he pens incisive profiles of several artists. The work is best known for James's influential essay on John Singer Sargent, whose art work James found "astonishing," and for his revealing essay on Honoré Daumier, which did much to elevate Daumier's reputation as a serious artist.
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This engrossing volume of literary criticism from Henry James, one of the world's foremost critics, looks at the work of the Goncourt brothers, James Russell Lowell, Henrik Ibsen, Robert Browning, and Gustave Flaubert, among others. It also includes a piece of travel writing about London.
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Henry James no se parecía a ningún escritor americano o inglés, su libros difícilmente se insertarlo en una tradición literaria conocida. Fue necesario que después de su muerte pasaran treinta años para que se produjera su reconocimiento. Hacia el centenario de su nacimiento, 1943, la aceptación de que se trataba de un clásico y de un innovador excepcional era ya casi unánime.
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