The Conservative Aesthetic: Theodore Roosevelt, Popular Darwinism, And The American Literary West

The Conservative Aesthetic explores a circle of western writers and artists that rose up around Theodore Roosevelt in the late nineteenth century. It makes the case that their unique alloy of popular Darwinism and western mythmaking represent an aesthetic component of American conservatism that has long been overlooked.

• | Author: Stephen J. Mexal
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: Apr 15, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 364 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1793632634
• | ISBN-13: 9781793632630