No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880–1920

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University of Chicago Press, 1994 M06 15 - 375 páginas
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.

"It's an understatement to call No Place of Grace a brilliant book. . . . It's the first clear sign I've seen that my generation, after marching through the '60s and jogging through the '70s might be pausing to examine what we've learned, and to teach it."—Walter Kendrick, Village Voice

"One can justly make the claim that No Place of Grace restores and reinterprets a crucial part of American history. Lears's method is impeccable."—Ann Douglas, The Nation

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1
THE CRISIS OF CULTURAL AUTHORITY DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY
3
ARTS AND CRAFTS IDEOLOGY
59
MODERN COMMERCIAL SOCIETY AND THE MARTIAL IDEAL
97
MEDIEVAL MENTALITIES IN A MODERN WORLD
141
CATHOLIC FORMS AND AMERICAN CONSCIOUSNESS
183
PATTERNS OF AMBIVALENCE
217
HENRY ADAMS
261
EPILOGUE
299
BIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX
313
NOTES
325
INDEX
365
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T. J. Jackson Lears is the Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author of numerous books, including Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877-1920 and Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in America.

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