Egoists, a book of supermen: Stendhal, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Anatole France, Huysmans, Barrès, Nietzsche, Blake, Ibsen, Stirner, and Ernest Hello / By James Huneker. With portrait of Stendhal; unpublished letter of Flaubert; and original proof page of Madame Bovary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huneker, James, 1857-1921.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--19th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Genre:

Essays.

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Harriman, Karl Edwin, 1875-1935 (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Huneker, James, 1857-1921 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 372 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : portrait, facsimile ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Egoists

Place of Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909.

Contents:

A sentimental education: Henry Beyle-Stendhal

The Baudelaire legend

The real Flaubert

Anatole France

The pessimists' progress: J.K. Huysmans

The evolution of an egoist: Maurice Barrès

Phases of Nietzsche. I. The will to suffer. II. Nietzsche's apostasy. III. Antichrist?

Mystics. I. Ernest Hello. II. "Mad naked Blake". III. Francis Poictevin. IV. The road to Damascus. V. From an ivory tower

Ibsen

Max Stirner.

Notes:

With half-title.

"Published March, 1909."

Partly republished from various periodicals.

"Books by James Huneker": [4] p. at end.

Dark blue cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt stained; other edges untrimmed.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has calling card and letter inscribed to Karl Harriman by James Huneker pasted to front pastedown and endpaper.

OCLC:

685435