The Beginnings of Critical Realism in America: 1860-1920 Completed to 1900 Only

"The Beginnings of Critical Realism in America: 1860-1920" is a foundational study of the evolution of the American mind during a period of intense social and economic upheaval. As the third volume in the seminal series "Main Currents in American Thought", this work explores the transition from the romanticism of the mid-nineteenth century to the more skeptical and socially conscious realism that defined the turn of the century.

Focusing on the decades between 1860 and 1900, Vernon Louis Par...