Essays - Spring 2006

Henry James vs. the Robber Barons

Why Italian art should stay in England, where it belongs, and not fall into the hands of foreigners

By Gorman Beauchamp

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Gorman Beauchamp is the author of a book on Jack London and essays on subjects ranging from Shakespeare to science fiction, and an associate professor of humanities at the University of Michigan.