The divided mind : ideology and imagination in America, 1898-1917
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The divided mind : ideology and imagination in America, 1898-1917
（Cambridge studies in American literature and culture）
Cambridge University Press, 1983
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Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 318-344)
Includes index
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Description
The Divided Mind examines the debate between innovation and tradition in American culture of the early years of the twentieth century. Peter Conn discusses literature, painting, music, architecture and politics, using illustrations of the artwork, buildings and popular graphics of the period. The major figures studied include Henry James, David Graham Phillips, Jack London, W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Charles Ives, John Sloan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alfred Steiglitz and Emma Goldman.
Table of Contents
- 1. The temper of the times
- 2. The triumph of reaction: Henry James
- 3. Restoration as reform: David Graham Philips
- 4. It couldn't happen here: the failure of socialism in America
- 5. On being black: Booker T. Washington
- 6. Woman's place: Edith Wharton and others
- 7. Building the past and the future: Ralph Adams Cram
- 8. Innovation and nostalgia: Charles Ives
- 9. Realism and modernism: John Sloan, Alfred Stieglitz, and others
- 10. A Glimpse into the twenty-first century: Emma Goldman.
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