On Art And Literature: Critical Writings By José Martí (monthly Review Press Classic Titles)

Cuban Revolutionary and 'Apostle of Independence' presents an exemplary work of literary and artistic criticism, for which he was dubbed "the best literary critic in the Hispanic world". Contents Preface Introduction by Philip S. Foner I. Art and Artists Painting: Felipe Gutierrez A Visit to an Exhibition of Art Continued Concluded Marat's Death The Painter Carbo Sculpture: Francisco Dumaine Impulses of the Heart: A Play by Peon Contreras The Metropolitan Museum The 55th Exhibition in the National Academy of Design Fromentin The Runkle Collection A Statue and a Sculptor A Remarkable Mexican Painting Fortuny Edouard Detaille The French Water-Colorists Goya Ancient American Man and His Primitive Art A New Exhibition of Impressionist Painters The Munkacsy Christ Exhibition of Paintings by the Russian Vereshchagin II. Literature and Literary Figures Emerson Walt Whitman, the Poet Longfellow Mark Twain Louisa May Alcott Aboriginal American Authors Modern French Novelists Heredia Francisco Sellen Julian del Casal Charles Darwin Modern Spanish Poets The Pampa Flaubert's Last Work Pushkin Oscar Wilde Literary Matters The Poem of Niagara III. Jose Marti's Literary Will and Testament Letter to Gonzalo de Quesada IV. Chronology of the Life of Jose Marti Index By José Marti ; Edited, With An Introduction And Notes By Philip S. Foner ; Translated By Elinor Randall ; With Additional Translations By Luis A. Baralt, Juan De Onís, And Roslyn Held Foner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Brings together essays on literature, the plastic arts, theater, and music, which stand with the best of modern criticism.