Portrait: A Life of Thomas Eakins

By William S. McFeely

Book Overview

One of America's leading historians, McFeely has long been an interpreter of nineteenth-century American writing. A fascinating aspect of this narrative is how he brings the painter into the company of Thoreau, Melville, and Whitman, with whom Eakins formed a deep friendship. The famous painting Swimming , for example, is likened to Walden, Typee, and to passages in Leaves of Grass .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393050653
• ISBN13: 9780393050653
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"