Santayana on America ; essays, notes, and letters on American life, literature, and philosophy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Santayana, George, 1863-1952
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, [1968]
Edition:[1st ed.].
Series:Original harbinger book.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • A brief history of my opinions
  • Tradition and practice
  • The genteel tradition in American philosophy
  • The moral background
  • William James
  • Josiah Royce
  • Dewey's naturalistic metaphysics
  • The genteel tradition at bay
  • English liberty in America
  • A letter to Logan Pearsall Smith
  • America's young radicals
  • Marginal notes on civilization in the United States
  • Americanism
  • From Dominations and powers
  • What is a Philistine?--The elements and function of poetry
  • Emerson
  • Emerson the poet
  • Walt Whitman: a dialogue
  • The poetry of barbarism II: Walt Whitman
  • Genteel American poetry
  • A marginal note
  • Letters.