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A collection of critical essays and reviews examines literature, theatre, and the visual arts through close readings of the short story form, assessments of novelists and dramatists, and studies of painters and schools. The author combines formal analysis and aesthetic judgment with personal reflections on taste, critical method, and collecting, offering portraits of individual artists and performers alongside broader meditations on art criticism and the value of concise literary and artistic forms.
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