The Mauve Decade: American Life at the End of the Nineteenth Century - Couverture souple

Beer, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786705019 ISBN 13 : 9780786705016

Editeur : Basic Books, 1997

Synopsis

Laced with witty anecdotes and sparkling epigrams, Beer's remarkable cultural history encompasses the wild panoply of the Gilded Age's last decade, from high society to the closing of the West. Bracketed by Emerson's death and Teddy Roosevelt's presidential election, The Mauve Decade sports a historical cast featuring Henry Adams, William James, Ambrose Bierce, Louisa May Alcott and the Dalton gang.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In The Mauve Decade, Thomas Beer presents the morals, politics, society, and literature of 1880s and 1890s America. Beer depicts the end of a magical decade, of a society at war with itself and full of contradictions: a perfect storm of revolution and scandal. Literary greats were everywhere, and among the figures portrayed in these pages are Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Hanna, Joseph Conrad, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Stanford White, J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry George, and Oscar Wilde. Beer’s frank and frequently satirical approach to the decade is a breath of fresh air. Full of character, criticism, and life, The Mauve Decade is like a painting: vivid, detailed, and full of colour.

Praise for The Mauve Decade

'Stimulating and lively' - Times Literary Supplement Thomas Beer (1889 – 1940) was an American biographer, novelist, essayist, satirist, and author of short fiction. Born in Iowa, Beer graduated from Yale University in 1911 and studied law at Columbia University. He also served during World War I. Beer was best known for his biographies of Stephen Crane and Mark Hanna, as well as his study of American manners.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786705019
• ISBN 13: 9780786705016
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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