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What Is Art? · Character

Grant Allen

Canadian writer and aesthetician cited.

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Also known as Grant Allen

First appearance: i

Grant Allen shows up with force in Chapter II. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as part of the English school of aestheticians.
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HSHerbert SpencerIKImmanuel KantJGJean-Marie GuyauCBCharles Baudel…FSFriedrich Schi…GAGrant Allen

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  • Referenced thinkers and artists
  • Decadent French poets

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