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The Domestication Of History In American Art: 1848-1876, Jochen Wierich
The Domestication Of History In American Art: 1848-1876, Jochen Wierich
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This dissertation traces the decline of history painting and its domestication in Other artistic forms in the United States. In the three decades between the Mexican-American War and the Centennial, the market for historical art went through a major transformation. Artists shifted from historical to contemporary subjects or represented historical themes in everyday-domestic settings. Monumental history painting, which was supported by art unions and private patrons during the antebellum period, came under critical attack and lost its status as a form of high art. Critical opinion turned especially against paintings of historical struggle and heroic sacrifice which seemed to be …
A Robe Of Eloquence: Speech And Power In The Life And Lectures Of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Nelson
A Robe Of Eloquence: Speech And Power In The Life And Lectures Of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Nelson
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Charlatans, Embezzlers, And Murderers: Revolution Comes To Virginia, 1765-1775, William E. White
Charlatans, Embezzlers, And Murderers: Revolution Comes To Virginia, 1765-1775, William E. White
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In 1774 Virginia's last Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, predicted that the social tensions in Virginia society would end the fomenting rebellion. For a decade the gentry had contended with a series of scandals that diminished their standing as the social, political and moral leaders of the colony. Three scandals, in particular, heightened freeholder scrutiny of Virginia leaders.;Richard Henry Lee quickly stepped to the forefront in 1765 and became the popular leader of the Stamp Act resistance. The revelation that he had applied for the position of Stamp Collector shocked many. He appeared as a self-interested charlatan. Then, in 1766, Speaker …
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: A History The American World War Ii Personal Narrative, 1942-1945, Hildy Michelle Neel
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: A History The American World War Ii Personal Narrative, 1942-1945, Hildy Michelle Neel
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This dissertation charts the publishing history, marketing, packaging, authorship, and reviewing of WWII personal narratives, explores connections between wartime narratives and issues of censorship, rationing, and the use of books as propaganda, and closely examines the main themes of twenty-five of the nearly two hundred written between 1942 and 1945. The books being assayed offered an insider's view of combat from every theater of war and every branch of the service as well as the Merchant Marines.;An offshoot of the documentary impulse of the Thirties, the personal narrative became an American publishing phenomenon during the next decade's war. In general, …
In Search Of The Southern Identity: The Lady, The Farmwife, And The Nonslaveholders Of York County Virginia, 1850-1860, Chesley Homan Flotten
In Search Of The Southern Identity: The Lady, The Farmwife, And The Nonslaveholders Of York County Virginia, 1850-1860, Chesley Homan Flotten
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Plaids And Broadswords Of The Altamaha, Robert K. Weber
Plaids And Broadswords Of The Altamaha, Robert K. Weber
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No abstract provided.