From self to society, 1919-1941
Robert M. Crunden (Author)
"Alienation, disillusionment, the individual "alone" in society- these are not problems new to the United States of the 1970s. In this unique, multifaceted volume, Robert M. Crunden provides a fresh viewpoint on the crucial years between the two world wars, years which witnessed dramatic changes in the intellectual and social mood of the country. Focusing on the problem of the individual's role in society, Crunden presents portraits of representative figures from the arts, literature, and the social sciences to demonstrate how the intellectual optimism of the Progressive Era was assaulted by the violence of World War I and finally gave way to the pessimism of the twenties and the collectivism of the thirties. Analyzing the work of John Marin, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ruth Benedict, George Antheil, Robert Park, and Conrad Aiken, among others, Crunden documents how the basic relationship of the individual to society at large changed during this period "from the self in society, to the self apart from society, to the self submerged in society.""--Publisher
Print Book, English, [1972]
Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., [1972]