Books by Jeffery W. Howe

Nine essays from scholars representing a variety of disciplines, cover themes of love, sexuality, gender and anxiety to comparisons with Ibsen and Kierkegaard. The text explores the meanings of Munch's imagery, his sources in Symbolist art, and his legacy for German Expressionism.

Gustave Courbet (1819-77) was a French artist whose work heralded the realist movement of the nineteenth century, and his paintings have had a profound influence on other artists from around the world, including Claude Monet, James McNeill Whistler, and Paul Cezanne. This title looks at the artist's reception on both sides of the Atlantic.