Early experiences -- The American Civil War -- Observations of modern life -- Rural America -- A shift to the cosmopolitan -- England: shedding the past -- Homer's refuge in Maine -- A ravenous sea -- A man's world in the North woods -- A primordial world -- Heaven and hell in the tropics -- The final years.
Summary:
"This book is the first comprehensive critical survey of the artist written in the last decade and includes every one of his major paintings alongside a selection of his lesser known etchings and woodcuts. Griffin's thoroughly research yet readable study not only presents a full account of Homer's life and work, but also a fresh and provocative reassessment of his place in the history of American art."--Jacket.
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