James Huneker
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.
Egoists, A Book of Supermen Stendhal, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Anatole France, Huysmans, Barrès, Nietzsche, Blake, Ibsen, Stirner, and Ernest Hello
Explore a world where literary giants with unique lives challenge norms and shape the landscape of thought and art.
By James Huneker
Franz Liszt
A prodigious musician's journey intertwines fame, controversy, and solitude as he reshapes the landscape of Romantic music.
By James Huneker
Old Fogy: His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
Enter the mind of a grumpy old man as he hilariously tears apart the music scene of his time, praising the classics and condemning the modern.
By James Huneker
Unicorns
Embark on a journey through art, literature, and music, where creativity clashes with reality and mythical ideals inspire the human spirit.
By James Huneker
Chopin : the Man and His Music
From Poland to Paris, discover the life and loves of a musical prodigy whose inner turmoil shaped some of the world's most beautiful compositions.
By James Huneker
Visionaries
Amidst the grand stage of artistic ambition, a supportive wife confronts her wavering faith in her composer husband as they brace for the unforgiving judgment of critics.
By James Huneker
Painted Veils
A young opera singer confronts loneliness and fierce competition as she chases dreams of stardom amidst New York's vibrant arts scene.
By James Huneker
Melomaniacs
In a hall filled with fear and music, a musician must decide between his beliefs and his life as the Inquisitor demands he turns away from who he is.
By James Huneker
Mezzotints in modern music $b Brahms, Tschaïkowsky, Chopin, Richard Strauss, Liszt and Wagner
Explore the powerful stories of great composers, their innovative forms, and emotional complexities that molded music forever.
By James Huneker
Ivory, Apes and Peacocks
Explore the lives of bold artists who defied expectations and changed the landscape of literature, music, and art.
By James Huneker
Promenades of an Impressionist
Travel back in time to a world filled with clashing artistic values as one author presents the lives and tumultuous creations of prominent artists and their impact on the changing world.
By James Huneker
Overtones, a book of temperaments : $b Richard Strauss, Parsifal, Verdi, Balzac, Flaubert, Nietzsche, and Turgénieff
Explore the minds and emotions of brilliant artists, and discover how their inner worlds spilled onto the page and into the concert hall in revolutionary creations.
By James Huneker
Bedouins $b Mary Garden, Debussy, Chopin or the circus, Botticelli, Poe, Brahmsody, Anatole France, Mirbeau, Caruso on wheels, Calico cats, The artistic temperament; Idols and ambergris, with The supreme sin, Grindstones, A masque of music, and The vision malefic; with various portraits of Mary Garden in operatic costume
Witness a celebrated opera singer's captivating journey as her talent and personality are analyzed, revealing the very nature of art itself.
By James Huneker
Iconoclasts: A Book of Dramatists Ibsen, Strindberg, Becque, Hauptmann, Sudermann, Hervieu, Gorky, Duse and D'Annunzio, Maeterlinck and Bernard Shaw
Discover how a group of playwrights shattered theatrical norms, igniting controversy and revolutionizing storytelling on stage.
By James Huneker