What was Literary Impressionism? by Michael Fried

Let's imagine the Impressionist's period: canvases of Monet, Manet,  Van Gogh were appreciated because in grade to capture the instant, nature, outdoor life of people. Like a picture taken distractedly, Impressionists reported with dramatic truth the reality that they were living while it was happening, while it was in motion.

Let's imagine writers and the big question that this artistic movement created into their souls: would they have been in grade to do the same using pen, ink and paper instead of a brush and a canvas so that the reality, the visualization of a scene would have been perfectly possible while reading their books?

A bunch of them did it with great success as explains in What was Literary Impressionism? Michael Fried, in this new book by Harvard Press opening with his original theory maybe a new, different future for these writers. You won't never read them as you did in the past after that you will have read the observations and theories of mr.Fried.

A dynamic, "interactive book" as you will see, mr. Fried doesn't just speaks of Literary Impressionism, but with passion, devotion, and great enthusiasm keeps this latest work open to everyone, involving the reader in an active and enthusiastic reading of examples, extracts, passages, written letters so that it will be possible to see where it is more present and more real, vivid, the Impressionist's style.
Mr.Fried takes in consideration very known books like also minor plays.
Writers taken in consideration are: Ford, Joseph Conrad, Burroughs, Crane, London and many more.


I thank Harvard University Press for the physical copy of this book.

Anna Maria Polidori