Republic of Taste: Art, Politics, and Everyday Life in Early America

by Catherine E. Kelly

Book Overview

Since the early decades of the eighteenth century, European, and especially British, thinkers were preoccupied with questions of taste. Whether Americans believed that taste was innate--and therefore a marker of breeding and station--or acquired--and thus the product of application and study--all could appreciate that taste was grounded in, demonstrated through, and confirmed by reading, writing, and looking. It was widely believed that shared...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812224892
• ISBN13: 9780812224894
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.7"