H. A. Taine (1869) is a book written by Henri Van Laun that provides a comprehensive account of the life and work of the French philosopher and literary critic Hippolyte Adolphe Taine. Taine was one of the most influential thinkers of the 19th century, and his ideas on aesthetics, literary history, and cultural analysis continue to be studied and debated to this day.The book begins with a detailed biography of Taine, tracing his early life and education,...