{"product_id":"american-snobs-9781474475419","title":"American Snobs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArguing that Henry Adams, Henry James and Edith Wharton articulated their political thought in response to the liberalism that reigned in Boston and, more specifically, at Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This first monograph by Emily Coit applies thorough critical scholarship and deep knowledge of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century intellectual history to fashion a convincing argument about the attitudes toward American liberal democracy held by Henry Adams, Henry James, and Edith Wharton. [...] For literary critics and historians, the material that traces how interpretations of the genteel tradition were developed and manipulated in the twentieth century is both original and persuasive. Wharton scholars will have much to absorb from the monograph's varied contextual and comparative elements.\" -William Blazek, Liverpool Hope University","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408886735191,"sku":"9781474475419","price":24.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474475419.jpg?v=1730504567","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-snobs-9781474475419","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}