Reaktion Books
John Worthen’s biography explores the composer’s lifelong devotion to Clara Schumann and its role in shaping his music.
Anthony Burgess considered Ford Madox Ford to be the greatest of 20th century English novelists.
This splendid biography of Leon Battista Alberti, beautifully produced, with a rich selection of well-placed and well-reproduced illustrations, vividly portrays one of the most complex and fascinating figures in a complex and fascinating time, one whose preoccupations are entirely relevant today.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
The author’s aim is to render William Blake’s complex vision understandable to novices. It is a lucid effort, though the book presents a disappointingly conventional overview of the artist’s achievement.
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