No place of grace : antimodernism and the transformation of American culture, 1880-1920
"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
Print Book, English, 1994
University of Chicago Press ed View all formats and editions
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1994
xx, 375 pages ; 23 cm
9780226469706, 0226469700
29181884
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
Previously published: New York : Pantheon Books, ©1981