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The Cultural Life of Modern America

Knut Hamsun

Edited and translated by Barbara Gordon Morgridge

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Publication Date: 01/01/1969

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Editor's Introduction: The Cultural Life of Modern America
Preface
The Cultural Climate
- I. Patriotism
- II. Hostility to Foreigners
Literature
- I. Journalism
- II. Writing and Writers
  - Whitman
  - Emerson
The Visual Arts
- Painting and Sculpture
Dramatic Art
- I. Plays and Players
- II. Hostility to Foreigners
The Cultural Harvest
- I. Concepts of Freedom
- II. Crime and the Judicial System
- III. Conditions in the Schools
- IV. Morality and the Churches
- V. Etiquette
Conclusion
Editor’s Notes

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