
The Beginnings of Critical Realism in America
Main Currents in American Thought
Vernon Parrington(Autor*in)
Routledge (Verlag)
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 15. März 2013
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Softcover
486 Seiten
978-1-4128-5164-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
This final volume of Vernon Louis Parrington's Pultzer Prize-winning study deals with the decay of romantic optimism. It shows that the cause of decay is attributed to three sources: stratifying of economics under the pressure of centralization; the rise of mechanistic science; and the emergence of a spirit of skepticism which, with teachings of the sciences and lessons of intellectuals, has resulted in the questioning of democratic ideals.
Parrington presents the movement of liberalism from 1913 to 1917, and the reaction to it following World War I. He notes that liberals announced that democratic hopes had not been fulfilled; the Constitution was not a democratic instrument nor was it intended to be; and while Americans had professed to create a democracy, they had in fact created a plutocracy.
Industrialization of America under the leadership of the middle class and the rise of critical attitudes towards the ideals and handiwork of that class are examined in great detail. Parrington's interpretation of the literature during this time focuses on four divisions of development: the conquest of America by the middle class; the challenge of that overlordship by democratic agrarianism; the intellectual revolution brought about by science and the appropriation of science by the middle class; and the rise of detached criticism by younger intellectuals. A new introduction by Bruce Brown highlights Parrington's life and explains the importance of this volume.
Parrington presents the movement of liberalism from 1913 to 1917, and the reaction to it following World War I. He notes that liberals announced that democratic hopes had not been fulfilled; the Constitution was not a democratic instrument nor was it intended to be; and while Americans had professed to create a democracy, they had in fact created a plutocracy.
Industrialization of America under the leadership of the middle class and the rise of critical attitudes towards the ideals and handiwork of that class are examined in great detail. Parrington's interpretation of the literature during this time focuses on four divisions of development: the conquest of America by the middle class; the challenge of that overlordship by democratic agrarianism; the intellectual revolution brought about by science and the appropriation of science by the middle class; and the rise of detached criticism by younger intellectuals. A new introduction by Bruce Brown highlights Parrington's life and explains the importance of this volume.
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Englisch
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New York
USA
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Taylor & Francis Inc
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 26 mm
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700 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4128-5164-0 (9781412851640)
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Vernon Louis Parrington (1871-1929) is credited as being one of the co-founders of the American Studies movement. In addition to this book, he is the author of The Connecticut Wits and Sinclair Lewis, Our Own Diogenes. Bruce Brown has done investigative reporting for the New York Times and foreign correspondence for Atlantic Monthly . In addition, he is the author of eight books, including Mountain in the Clouds and The History of the Corporation.
Inhalt
1: Changing America; 1: The American Scene; 2: The Culture of the Seventies; 3: Changing Theory; 4: The Beginnings of Criticism; 5: Disintegration and Reintegration; 6: The Skepticism of the House of Adams; 7: Victorian Realism; 2: The Old and the New: Storm Clouds; 8: The Plight of the Farmer; 9: The Democracy of the Age of Innocence; 10: Literature and the Middle Border *; 11: The Quest of Utopia; 12: The Darkening Skies of Letters