Title: The genteel tradition and the sacred rage : high culture vs. democracy in Adams, James, and Santayana /
Authors: Dawidoff, Robert; Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Santayana, George, Knowledge America.; Tocqueville, Alexis de, Influence.; James, Henry,; Adams, Henry,; American prose literature History and criticism.; National characteristics, American, in literature.; Literature and society United States.; Democracy in literature.; Manners and customs in literature.; United States Civilization.
Contents: Tocqueville and the American mind -- Henry Adams: the first American Tocquevillian -- Henry James and the sacred rage -- George Santayana and the genteel tradition.