The genteel tradition and the sacred rage
Subtitle: high culture vs. democracy in Adams, James, and Santayana
By: Robert Dawidoff.
Series: Cultural studies of the United States
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Santayana, George, 1863-1952 -- Knowledge -- America; Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 -- Influence; James, Henry, 1843-1916; Adams, Henry, 1838-1918; American prose literature -- History and criticism; National characteristics, American, in literature; Literature and society -- United States; Manners and customs in literature; Democracy in literature; United States -- Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-213) and index.