Soundings

Soundings

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Author: Anita Brookner

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages: 256


This collection of essays chronicles the achievements of French painters, such as Gericault, Ingres and Delacroix, their stylistic and philosophical rivalries and disputes. In doing so, she confronts the complex clashes of the Romantic and Classical movements themselves. The book moves on to Rousseau, "The "Social Contract", examining his relationship to the philosophers of the day and to Diderot. A variety of pieces on 18th- and 19th-century French art and literature, including Stendhal, Baudelaire, Corot and Courbet, also appear in this collection. Anita Brookner is the author of "Fraud", "Dolly", "A Private View", "Brief Lives" and "Hotel du Lac", for which she won the Booker Prize. Her other novels include "Lewis Percy", "A Start in Life", "A Closed Eye", "Providence", "Family and Friends", "Look at Me", "Family Romance", "Incidents in the Rue Laugier" and "Altered States".
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Anita Brookner

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages: 256


This collection of essays chronicles the achievements of French painters, such as Gericault, Ingres and Delacroix, their stylistic and philosophical rivalries and disputes. In doing so, she confronts the complex clashes of the Romantic and Classical movements themselves. The book moves on to Rousseau, "The "Social Contract", examining his relationship to the philosophers of the day and to Diderot. A variety of pieces on 18th- and 19th-century French art and literature, including Stendhal, Baudelaire, Corot and Courbet, also appear in this collection. Anita Brookner is the author of "Fraud", "Dolly", "A Private View", "Brief Lives" and "Hotel du Lac", for which she won the Booker Prize. Her other novels include "Lewis Percy", "A Start in Life", "A Closed Eye", "Providence", "Family and Friends", "Look at Me", "Family Romance", "Incidents in the Rue Laugier" and "Altered States".