Critics of culture
Subtitle: literature and society in the early twentieth century
By: edited by Alan Trachtenberg.
Contributors: Trachtenberg, Alan.
Series: Wiley sourcebooks in American social thought
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; United States -- Intellectual life.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 285-287.
Table of contents: title: The genteel tradition and its critics: Santayana, G. The genteel tradition defined. Brooks, V. Engaging the issues. Mencken, H. L. Attacking the attackers. Bourne, R. The forms of education. Sherman, S. P. Defending the faith.; title: The culture of industrialism: Brooks, V. Confronting the machine. Reed, J. Witnessing the class struggle. Lippman, W. Values and realities. Frank, W. The traditional way. Bourne, R. Resisting the melting-pot.; title: Usable pasts: Brooks, V. A new past. Mumford, L. Emerson recovered. Williams, W. C. Artist and place. Mumford, L. On the threshold of the present. Fauset, A. A folk tradition. Rourke, C. Living roots.; title: The artist as American: Rosenfeld, P. Expressing the common life. Frank, W. Visionary poet. Clurman, H. The community of art.