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Genteel Tradition
George Santayana
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Description for Genteel Tradition
Paperback. Examines the excessive moralism in national life, which baffles Europeans. This book features nine essays that touch on American idealism and materialism and American endeavor, sacred and profane. Num Pages: 201 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
George Santayana probably did more than anyone except Alexis de Tocqueville to shape the critical view of American culture. The great philosopher and writer coined the phrase “genteel tradition,” introducing it to a California audience in 1911. The phrase caught fire, giving a name to the culture of the republic.
George Santayana probably did more than anyone except Alexis de Tocqueville to shape the critical view of American culture. The great philosopher and writer coined the phrase “genteel tradition,” introducing it to a California audience in 1911. The phrase caught fire, giving a name to the culture of the republic.
Santayana’s address appears in this collection of influential essays about the country he lived in from 1872 to 1912. Because he remained European in spirit, the Spaniard brought a sharp detachment to his observations. He points out the American split between thought and action, theory and practice, the traditional and ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
Number of Pages
201
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803292512
SKU
V9780803292512
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About George Santayana
Also the editor of Jefferson’s Literary Commonplace Book, Douglas L. Wilson is Lawrence Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Knox College. Robert Dawidoff, a professor of history at Claremont Graduate School, is the author of The Genteel Tradition and the Sacred Rage: High Culture vs. Democracy in Adams, James, and Santayana.
Reviews for Genteel Tradition
"Santayana portrays aspects of American character with an astonishing vividness and pungency which has often been imitated but not equalled by later writers."—[London] Times Literary Supplement