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.
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.
Stephen J. Mexal is professor of English at California State University, Fullerton.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: The Old Iron Days Part I: Gentlemen of the West (1880-1884) Chapter 1: Roosevelt in the Badlands Chapter 2: Wister Goes West Chapter 3: Frederic Remington's Vanishing West Chapter 4: A Self-Made Man Chapter 5: Remington and the Art of Scientific Representation Chapter 6: Wister's Legal Education Chapter 7: "Buffalo Bill" Cody and the Selling of the West Part II: The Early History of Conservatism (1689-1880) Chapter 8: The Nature of Freedom Chapter 9: Emerson's Great Man Theory of History Chapter 10: Darwin Comes to America Chapter 11: The Redeemers, the Socialists, and Conservatism After the Civil War Part III: Selling a Darwinian West (1884-1890) Chapter 12: Equal to All Occasions Chapter 13: Cody and the Queen Chapter 14: The Cowboy of Dakota Chapter 15: Remington's Great White West Chapter 16: Natural Inequality and the Course of Progress Chapter 17: The Ghost Dance Part IV: In Search of a Practical History (1890-1895) Chapter 18: The Johnson County War Chapter 19: The World's Columbian Exposition Chapter 20: The Boone and Crockett Club Chapter 21: Environmental Conservation and Political Conservatism Chapter 22: The Science of Western History Chapter 23: A Practical Conservatism Chapter 24: The Evolution of a Cowboy Chapter 25: The Bronco Busters Chapter 26: Progress, Populism, and the Lure of War Part V: Cuba and the New West (1896-1902) Chapter 27: The Rush of War Chapter 28: The Cowboy Regiment Abroad Chapter 29: Rewriting a Legacy Chapter 30: The Virginian and the White House Epilogue: The Cowboy President
Introduction: The Old Iron Days Part I: Gentlemen of the West (1880-1884) Chapter 1: Roosevelt in the Badlands Chapter 2: Wister Goes West Chapter 3: Frederic Remington's Vanishing West Chapter 4: A Self-Made Man Chapter 5: Remington and the Art of Scientific Representation Chapter 6: Wister's Legal Education Chapter 7: "Buffalo Bill" Cody and the Selling of the West Part II: The Early History of Conservatism (1689-1880) Chapter 8: The Nature of Freedom Chapter 9: Emerson's Great Man Theory of History Chapter 10: Darwin Comes to America Chapter 11: The Redeemers, the Socialists, and Conservatism After the Civil War Part III: Selling a Darwinian West (1884-1890) Chapter 12: Equal to All Occasions Chapter 13: Cody and the Queen Chapter 14: The Cowboy of Dakota Chapter 15: Remington's Great White West Chapter 16: Natural Inequality and the Course of Progress Chapter 17: The Ghost Dance Part IV: In Search of a Practical History (1890-1895) Chapter 18: The Johnson County War Chapter 19: The World's Columbian Exposition Chapter 20: The Boone and Crockett Club Chapter 21: Environmental Conservation and Political Conservatism Chapter 22: The Science of Western History Chapter 23: A Practical Conservatism Chapter 24: The Evolution of a Cowboy Chapter 25: The Bronco Busters Chapter 26: Progress, Populism, and the Lure of War Part V: Cuba and the New West (1896-1902) Chapter 27: The Rush of War Chapter 28: The Cowboy Regiment Abroad Chapter 29: Rewriting a Legacy Chapter 30: The Virginian and the White House Epilogue: The Cowboy President
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