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Hogarth (1697-1764), like his contemporaries, had no choice but to interact with French culture and come to terms with it--in order to diverge from it. This scholarly work investigates the multitude of ways he did so, exploring Hogarth's engagement with both French and British art, music, literature, and theory and setting the context for his art and tremendous influence. Long a professor of art history and English literature, Simon is currently editor of The British Art Journal, which he founded in 1999. He offers new insight into the broad picture of European culture as well as close study of particular works, including many that are not well known. The book is illustrated with a section of color plates and many b&w images. Distribution in the US is by the University of Washington Press. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
