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V. L. Parrington - Through the Avenue of Art (Paperback, Revised Ed.)
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V. L. Parrington - Through the Avenue of Art (Paperback, Revised Ed.)
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H. Lark Hall presents the first comprehensive biography of Vernon
Louis Parrington (1871-1929). The recipient of the 1928 Pulitzer
Prize in history for the first two volumes of his "Main Currents in
American Thought," Parrington remains one of the most influential
literary and historical scholars of the early twentieth century.
Parrington was a man in search of a personal myth. He found his
self-image successively mirrored in Victorian novels, painting,
poetry, populism, religion, the arts and crafts movement, American
literature, and American history. These changes were also reflected
in his teaching as a professor of English--at the College of
Emporia, the University of Oklahoma, and the University of
Washington. Published late in his career, the two volumes of "Main
Currents "represented the culmination of his search. Drawing upon
his personal papers--including correspondence, diaries, and student
course work, "Main Currents" chapter drafts, and other unpublished
writings--Hall traces Parrington's intellectual development from
his Midwestern childhood through his mid-life engagement with
English poet and artist William Morris, then from the radical
impact of "the new history" to the tempered post World War One
reflection of his career at the University of Washington. Hall's
reinterpretation of "Main Currents" emphasizes Parrington's concern
with the drama of the life of the mind and links his historical
viewpoint to his own personal history.
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