The genteel tradition and the sacred rage : high culture vs. democracy in Adams, James, and Santayana /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dawidoff, Robert
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1992]
Series:	Cultural studies of the United States.
Subjects:	American prose literature > History and criticism. National characteristics, American, in literature. Santayana, George, > 1863-1952 > Knowledge > America. Tocqueville, Alexis de, > 1805-1859 > Influence. Literature and society > United States. James, Henry, > 1843-1916. > Ambassadors. Adams, Henry, > 1838-1918. > Democracy. United States > Civilization. Democracy in literature.

Description
Physical Description:	xxiii, 218 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-213) and index.
ISBN:	0807820172 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807843628 (pbk. : alk. paper)