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America and the Patterns of Chivalry
Chivalry
American literature, history and criticism, 19th century
United states, intellectual life
American literature, history and criticism, 20th century
Popular culture
American literature
History and criticism
John Fraser explores a paradox about the USA: that a country dedicated to rationality, progress, equality and success has always had a strong attachment to the medieval ideas of nobility and chivalry and the high toned violence that goes with them. The strange consequences of this attachment spread …
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