"Ivory, Apes and Peacocks" by James Huneker is filled with essays about important people in books, art, and music from long ago. The collection starts with famous writers like Joseph Conrad, explaining how he didn't care about being popular and wrote deep stories about people using beautiful language. The writer looks at how these artists lived and what made them different, focusing on how they weren't afraid to go against the rules in their creations.
Ivory, Apes and Peacocks
By James Huneker
Explore the lives of bold artists who defied expectations and changed the landscape of literature, music, and art.
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About the AuthorJames Gibbons Huneker was an American art, book, music, and theater critic. A colorful individual and an ambitious writer, he was "an American with a great mission," in the words of his friend, the critic Benjamin De Casseres, and that mission was to educate Americans about the best cultural achievements, native and European, of his time. From 1892 to 1899, he was the husband of the sculptor Clio Hinton.
James Gibbons Huneker was an American art, book, music, and theater critic. A colorful individual and an ambitious writer, he was "an American with a great mission," in the words of his friend, the critic Benjamin De Casseres, and that mission was to educate Americans about the best cultural achievements, native and European, of his time. From 1892 to 1899, he was the husband of the sculptor Clio Hinton.
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