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American Luminism
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American Luminism

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Howard Bosler • Leave a comment

An examination of three prominent American artists of the Luminism movement. Continue reading →

Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener
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Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Howard Bosler • Leave a comment

Although quite tempted to do some editing, I refrained from doing so because of the antique nature of the language and the placement of punctuation possibly appropriate for the age. Things were not as standardized as our current obsessive times. The only changes I have made were to replace words such as “any thing” with … Continue reading →

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