num_pages: 223
description: What is a gentleman? And what separates the American Gentleman from his European counterpart? This book argues that Americans express their gentlemanliness through a variety of specially adapted usages &amp; customs. We see that American gentility has been shaped by the unique nature of the New World the wilderness, race relations, transplanted Englishness, &amp; the cherished place of business in our national consciousness. Focuses on such diverse writers as Edith Wharton, Louis Auchincloss, Robert Lowell, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Walker Percy, &amp; others to distill the essence of American gentility &amp; the American Gentleman in his various regional appearances. Illustrations.
language: English
title: American Gentleman: Social Prestige and the Modern Literary Mind
titlecomplete: American Gentleman: Social Prestige and the Modern Literary Mind
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group