The conservative aesthetic: Theodore Roosevelt, popular Darwinism, and the American literary West
"The Conservative Aesthetic explores a circle of western writers and artists that rose up around Theodore Roosevelt in the late nineteenth century. It makes the case that their unique alloy of popular Darwinism and western mythmaking represent an aesthetic component of American conservatism tha...
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| Summary: | "The Conservative Aesthetic explores a circle of western writers and artists that rose up around Theodore Roosevelt in the late nineteenth century. It makes the case that their unique alloy of popular Darwinism and western mythmaking represent an aesthetic component of American conservatism that has long been overlooked"-- |
| Physical Description: | x, 353 pages 24 cm |
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| 505 | 8 | |a Introduction: The Old Iron Days -- Part I: Gentlemen of the West (1880-1884) -- Roosevelt in the Badlands -- Wister goes west -- Frederic Remington’s vanishing west -- A self-made man -- Remington and the art of scientific representation -- Wister’s legal education -- "Buffalo Bill" Cody and the selling of the west -- Part II: The early history of conservatism (1689-1880) -- The nature of freedom -- Emerson’s great man theory of history -- Darwin comes to America -- The redeemers, the socialists, and conservatism after the Civil War - Part III: Selling a Darwinian West (1884-1890) -- Equal to all occasions -- Cody and the queen -- The cowboy of Dakota -- Remington’s great white west -- Natural inequality and the course of progress -- The ghost dance -- Part IV: In search of a practical history (1890-1895) -- The Johnson County War -- The World’s Columbian Exposition -- The Boone and Crockett Club -- Environmental conservation and political conservatism -- The science of western history -- A practical conservatism -- The evolution of a cowboy -- The bronco brothers -- Progress, populism, and the lure of war -- Part V: Cuba and the new west (1896-1902) -- The rush of war -- The cowboy regiment abroad -- Rewriting a legacy -- The Virginian and the White House -- Epilogue: The cowboy president | |
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| contents | Introduction: The Old Iron Days -- Part I: Gentlemen of the West (1880-1884) -- Roosevelt in the Badlands -- Wister goes west -- Frederic Remington’s vanishing west -- A self-made man -- Remington and the art of scientific representation -- Wister’s legal education -- "Buffalo Bill" Cody and the selling of the west -- Part II: The early history of conservatism (1689-1880) -- The nature of freedom -- Emerson’s great man theory of history -- Darwin comes to America -- The redeemers, the socialists, and conservatism after the Civil War - Part III: Selling a Darwinian West (1884-1890) -- Equal to all occasions -- Cody and the queen -- The cowboy of Dakota -- Remington’s great white west -- Natural inequality and the course of progress -- The ghost dance -- Part IV: In search of a practical history (1890-1895) -- The Johnson County War -- The World’s Columbian Exposition -- The Boone and Crockett Club -- Environmental conservation and political conservatism -- The science of western history -- A practical conservatism -- The evolution of a cowboy -- The bronco brothers -- Progress, populism, and the lure of war -- Part V: Cuba and the new west (1896-1902) -- The rush of war -- The cowboy regiment abroad -- Rewriting a legacy -- The Virginian and the White House -- Epilogue: The cowboy president |
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| spelling | Mexal, Stephen J. Verfasser (DE-588)1042618283 aut The conservative aesthetic Theodore Roosevelt, popular Darwinism, and the American literary West Stephen J. Mexal Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London Lexington Books [2021] x, 353 pages 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Introduction: The Old Iron Days -- Part I: Gentlemen of the West (1880-1884) -- Roosevelt in the Badlands -- Wister goes west -- Frederic Remington’s vanishing west -- A self-made man -- Remington and the art of scientific representation -- Wister’s legal education -- "Buffalo Bill" Cody and the selling of the west -- Part II: The early history of conservatism (1689-1880) -- The nature of freedom -- Emerson’s great man theory of history -- Darwin comes to America -- The redeemers, the socialists, and conservatism after the Civil War - Part III: Selling a Darwinian West (1884-1890) -- Equal to all occasions -- Cody and the queen -- The cowboy of Dakota -- Remington’s great white west -- Natural inequality and the course of progress -- The ghost dance -- Part IV: In search of a practical history (1890-1895) -- The Johnson County War -- The World’s Columbian Exposition -- The Boone and Crockett Club -- Environmental conservation and political conservatism -- The science of western history -- A practical conservatism -- The evolution of a cowboy -- The bronco brothers -- Progress, populism, and the lure of war -- Part V: Cuba and the new west (1896-1902) -- The rush of war -- The cowboy regiment abroad -- Rewriting a legacy -- The Virginian and the White House -- Epilogue: The cowboy president "The Conservative Aesthetic explores a circle of western writers and artists that rose up around Theodore Roosevelt in the late nineteenth century. It makes the case that their unique alloy of popular Darwinism and western mythmaking represent an aesthetic component of American conservatism that has long been overlooked"-- Conservatism and literature / United States / History / 19th century American literature / West (U.S.) / History and criticism American literature / 19th century / History and criticism Conservatism / United States / History / 19th century Authors, American / Political and social views American literature fast Authors, American / Political and social views fast Conservatism fast Conservatism and literature fast Intellectual life fast West (U.S.) / Intellectual life / 19th century United States fast West United States fast Online version Mexal, Stephen J. Conservative aesthetic Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021] |
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