Project Gutenberg 2010-01-19 Public domain in the USA. 456 Huneker, James 1857 1921 Huneker, James Gibbons Ivory, Apes and Peacocks The genius of Joseph Conrad -- A visit to Walt Whitman -- The buffoon of the new eternities: Jules LaForgue -- Dostoïevsky and Tolstoy, and the younger choir of Russian writers -- Arnold Schoenberg -- Music of to-day and to-morrow -- Frank Wedekind -- The magic Vermeer -- Richard Strauss at Stuttgart -- Max Liebermann and some phases of modern German art -- A musical primitive: Modeste Moussorgsky -- New plays by Hauptmann, Sudermann, and Schnitzler -- Kubin, Munch, and Gauguin: masters of hallucination -- The cult of the nuance: Lafcadio Hearn -- The melancholy of masterpieces -- The Italian futurist painters -- In the workshop of Zola -- A study of de Maupassant -- Puvis de Chavannes -- Three disagreeable girls. Produced by David Edwards, Ritu Aggarwal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Ivory, Apes and Peacocks" by James Huneker is a collection of literary and artistic essays written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the lives and contributions of prominent figures in literature, music, and visual arts, including Joseph Conrad, Walt Whitman, and Jules Laforgue, exploring their legacies and the zeitgeist that influenced their creations. The opening of the book introduces readers to the essay on Joseph Conrad, portraying him as a unique and disinterested artist amidst the tumult of contemporary fiction. Huneker articulates Conrad's profound connection to the sea and his ability to convey the depths of the human psyche through rich, evocative prose. The essay hints at Conrad's distinctive style, blending detailed descriptions with psychological insights, setting the stage for a broader examination of artists who challenged societal norms through their work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/31017/31017-h/images/front.jpg Reading ease score: 59.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Art Music -- History and criticism Literature, Modern -- History and criticism PS Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Art Category: Music 519250 2025-07-12T14:28:53.075321 text/html 524836 2021-01-06T01:39:23 text/html 361524 2025-07-12T14:29:01.521243 application/epub+zip 364786 2025-07-12T14:28:56.160287 application/epub+zip 296367 2025-07-12T14:28:54.872554 application/epub+zip 585965 2025-07-12T14:29:06.006263 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540955 2025-07-12T14:29:00.672246 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438265 2022-09-14T09:39:02.016293 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 486208 2025-07-12T14:28:52.402275 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 485587 2021-01-06T01:39:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 485652 2021-01-06T01:39:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22451 2025-07-12T14:29:06.143229 application/rdf+xml 14569 2025-07-12T14:28:55.371259 image/jpeg 4073 2025-07-12T14:28:55.122259 image/jpeg 201326 2021-01-06T01:39:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 269761 2021-01-06T01:39:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 200990 2021-01-06T01:39:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 344720 2025-07-12T14:28:53.118304 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia