Publication

2016-08-05 - University of Pennsylvania Press

Language

English

Word Count

78,000 words, Guess

Page Count

312 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

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  • Amazon0812248236

Classifications

  • LCCE164.K45 2016
  • LCCE164 .K45 2016

Description

"Exploring the intersection of the early republic's material, visual, literary, and political cultures, Catherine E. Kelly demonstrates how American thinkers acknowledged the similarities between aesthetics and politics in order to wrestle with questions about power and authority. Judgments about art, architecture, literature, poetry, and the theater became an arena for considering political issues ranging from government structures and legislative representation to qualifications for citizenship and the meaning of liberty itself. Additionally, if taste prompted political debate, it also encouraged affinity grounded in a shared national identity. In the years following independence, ordinary women and men reassured themselves that taste revealed larger truths about an individuals' character and potential for republican citizenship."--book jacket

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Republic of Taste: Art, Politics, and Everyday Life in Early AmericaHardcoverUniversity of Pennsylvania Press2016-08-05

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