No place of grace : antimodernism and the transformation of American culture, 1880-1920 / T.J. Jackson Lears.

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Lears, T. J. Jackson, 1947-

Title & Author:

No place of grace : antimodernism and the transformation of American culture, 1880-1920 / T.J. Jackson Lears.

Edition:

University of Chicago Press ed.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Description:

xx, 375 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Previously published: New York : Pantheon Books, ©1981.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-364) and index.
Roots of Antimodernism: The Crisis of Cultural Authority During the Late Nineteenth Century -- The Figure of the Artisan: Arts and Crafts Ideology -- The Destructive Element: Modern Commercial Society and the Martial Ideal -- The Morning of Belief: Medieval Mentalities in a Modern World -- The Religion of Beauty: Catholic Forms and American Consciousness -- From Patriarchy to Nirvana: Patterns of Ambivalence -- From Filial Loyalty to Religious Protest: Henry Adams.

Summary:

"T. J. Jackson Lears draws on a wealth of primary sources--sermons, diaries, letters--as well as novels, poems, and essays to explore the origins of turn-of-the-century American antimodernism. He examines the retreat to the exotic, the pursuit of intense physical or spiritual experiences, and the search for cultural self-sufficiency through the Arts and Crafts movement. Lears argues that their antimodern impulse, more pervasive than historians have supposed, was not "simple escapism," but reveals some enduring and recurring tensions in American culture."--Publisher's description.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0226469700 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780226469706 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Civilization.
Intellectual life.
Kultur
Kulturkritik
Kulturpessimismus
Kulturwandel
Moderne
Geistesgeschichte
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Civilização 1880-1920 Estados unidos.
Intelectualidade 1880-1920 Estados unidos.
Estados unidos (cultura;história)
Estados unidos (cultura;história) 1880-1920.
United States Civilization 1865-1918.
United States Intellectual life 1865-1918.
États-Unis Civilisation 1865-1918.
États-Unis Vie intellectuelle 1865-1918.
United States.
USA
Culture History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 202316
Call No.: E169.1 .L48 1994
Status: Available

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