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The rediscovery of American literature : premises of critical taste, 1900-1940.

Title
The rediscovery of American literature : premises of critical taste, 1900-1940.
Author
Ruland, Richard, 1932-
Publication
Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1967.

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Description
xv, 329 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • Universidad Sergio Arboleda
  • 1900-1999
  • Geschichte 1700-1900
  • Geschichte 1900-1940
  • Geschichte 1700-1940
  • American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • American literature
  • Literatur
  • Literaturkritik
  • Rezeption
  • 1900-1940
  • Canons littéraires
  • Identité collective
  • Littérature américaine
  • USA
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 291-292.
  • Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 293-323)
Contents
Introduction. Van Wyck Brooks, young liberal : in search of a usable past -- 1. Irving Babbitt and Paul Elmer More, ethical conservatives : literature and the aristocracy of value -- 2. Stuart Pratt Sherman, radical conservative : literature and the malleable many -- 3. H.L. Mencken, iconoclastic conservative : literature and the aristocracy of efficiency -- 4. Exemplum : the Sherman-Mencken debate -- 5. New parts for a new present -- 6. F.O. Matthiessen, Christian socialist : literature and the repossession of our cultural past -- 7. The rediscovery of American literature : from AL to AQ.
LCCN
  • 67020880
  • http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35437823x
OCLC
  • ocm00269652
  • 269652
  • SCSB-199656
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library