| American Snobs: Transatlantic Novelists, Liberal Culture and the Genteel Tradition Contributor(s): Coit, Emily (Author) |
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ISBN: 147447540X ISBN-13: 9781474475402 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.41 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reassesses American elitisms of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Arguing that Henry Adams, Henry James and Edith Wharton articulated their political thought in response to the liberalism that reigned in Boston and, more specifically, at Harvard University, this book shows how each of these authors interrogated that liberalism's arguments for education, democracy and the political duties of the cultivated elite. Coit shows that the works of these authors contributed to a realist critique of a liberal New England idealism that fed into the narrative about 'the genteel tradition', which shaped the study of US literature during the twentieth century. |