Angels' Wings: A Series of Essays on Art and Life

Contents: Art and Democracy: Wagner, Millet, and Whitman Angels' Wings Nature and Realism in Art The Human Body in its Relation to Art Tradition, Convention, and the Gods The Individual Impression Beethoven and His Earlier Sonatas Beethoven: His Later Sonatas and His Symphonies The Art of Life Notes on the Art of Life: Manners as a Fine Art The Simplification of Life The Return to Nature Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) compiled many of the pieces which comprise modern gay political theory.