The antebellum crisis and america s first bohemians

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Focusing on the overlapping nature of culture and politics, this title delves into the world of antebellum bohemians and the newspapermen who surrounded them, including Ada Clare, Henry Clapp, and Charles Pfaff, and explores the origins and influence of bohemianism in 1850s New York.



This title deals with cultural politics and American bohemians in pre - Civil War New York. Amid the social and political tensions plaguing the United States in the years leading up to the Civil War, the North experienced a boom of cultural activity. Young transient writers, artists, and musicians settled in northern cities in pursuit of fame and fortune. Calling themselves 'bohemians' after the misidentified homeland of the Roma immigrants to France, they established a coffeehouse society to share their thoughts and creative visions. Popularized by the press, bohemians became known for romantic, unorthodox notions of literature and the arts that transformed nineteenth-century artistic culture. Bohemian influence reached well beyond the arts, however. Building on midcentury abolitionist, socialist, and free labor sentiments, bohemians also flirted with political radicalism and social revolution. Advocating free love, free men, and free labor, bohemian ideas had a profound effect on the debate that raged among the splintered political factions in the North, including the fledgling Republican Party from which President Lincoln was ultimately elected in 1860. Focusing on the overlapping nature of culture and politics, historian Mark A. Lause delves into the world of antebellum bohemians and the newspapermen who surrounded them, including Ada Clare, Henry Clapp, and Charles Pfaff, and explores the origins and influence of bohemianism in 1850s New York. Against the backdrop of the looming Civil War, ""The Antebellum Crisis and America's First Bohemians"" combines solid research with engaging storytelling to offer readers new insights into the forces that shaped events in the prewar years.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 30 januari 2010

Aantal pagina's: 192

Illustraties: Met illustraties

Hoofdauteur: Mark A. Lause

Hoofduitgeverij: Kent State University Press

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 159 mm

Product hoogte: 19 mm

Product lengte: 229 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 157 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 23 mm

Verpakking lengte: 230 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 231 g

EAN: 9781606350331

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