A mirror for history : how novels and art reflect the evolution of middle-class America /
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| Language: | English |
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Knoxville :
The University of Tennesee Press,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: of novels, paintings, ngrams, and the middle class
- Prelude: from austerity to sentimentality, 1750–1788
- Part one: the sentimental era
- Years of uncertainty, 1789–1819
- Soaring spirits, 1820–1851
- Retreat from the heights, 1852–1869
- Part two: the genteel era
- Cheerful towns, troubled cities, 1870–1890
- The edifice crumbles, 1891–1919
- Part three: the modern era
- Businessmen, romantics, and rebels, 1920–1940
- Anxious conformists, 1941–1960
- Part four: the postmodern era
- New realities, 1961–1990
- Beset on all sides, 1991–2020
- Conclusion.