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Taine and the art of history in English literature
The article praises M. Taine as a cosmopolitan literary figure whose method links social life to art. It discusses his studies of Dante, Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Tennyson, and notes his reliance on historical conditions to explain artistic products. It also notes Taine’s influence and upcoming English translations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Taine
France
Hegel
Italy
Ppey
Tennyson
Taine
Daily News
England
M. van Laun
Bede
Langdale
Adhelm
Ina
Alcuin
Charlemagne
Robert Wace
Taillefer
Harold
Chaucer
Wales
Provence
Petrarch
Roman de la Rose
Troilus
Pandarus
Shakespeare
Milton
Henry VIII
James I
Carlyle
Dickens
J. S. Mill
India
Scandinavia
Persia
Rome
Greece