The genteel tradition
Subtitle: nine essays.
By: Edited by Douglas L. Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, Douglas L., ed.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: National characteristics, American.; United States -- Civilization -- 20th century.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: value: Young Sammy's first wild oats.; value: The genteel tradition in American philosophy.; value: Shakespeare: Made in America.; value: Genteel American poetry.; value: The moral background.; value: Philosophical opinion in America.; value: Materialism and idealism in America.; value: Marginal notes on civilization in the United States.; value: The genteel tradition at bay.