The Divided Mind
Ideology and Imagination in America, 1898-1917
Published on 1. November 1983
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-521-25392-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Divided Mind examines the debate between innovation and tradition in American culture of the early years of the twentieth century. Peter Conn discusses literature, painting, music, architecture and politics, using illustrations of the artwork, buildings and popular graphics of the period. The major figures studied include Henry James, David Graham Phillips, Jack London, W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Charles Ives, John Sloan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alfred Steiglitz and Emma Goldman.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
660 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-25392-5 (9780521253925)
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02/1989
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Content
1. The temper of the times; 2. The triumph of reaction: Henry James; 3. Restoration as reform: David Graham Philips; 4. It couldn't happen here: the failure of socialism in America; 5. On being black: Booker T. Washington; 6. Woman's place: Edith Wharton and others; 7. Building the past and the future: Ralph Adams Cram; 8. Innovation and nostalgia: Charles Ives; 9. Realism and modernism: John Sloan, Alfred Stieglitz, and others; 10. A Glimpse into the twenty-first century: Emma Goldman.