The Genius of the Future Essays in French Art Criticism : Diderot, Stendhal, Baudelaire, Zola, the Brothers Goncourt, Huysmans
Novelist and art historian Anita Brookner examines the art criticism of several noted eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French writers: Diderot, Stendhal, Baudelaire, Zola, the brothers Goncourt, and Huysmans. Noe were professional art critics, and as a result their writings are often overlooked. As Brookner demonstrates , however, their views have much to offer readers interested in art history or literature. - from back cover.