Santayana on America; essays, notes, and letters on American life, literature, and philosophy. - Santayana, George, 1863-1952. (New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968)
A brief history of my opinions.--Tradition and practice.--The genteel tradition in American philosophy.--The moral background.--William James.--Josiah Royce.--Dewey's naturalistic metaphysics.--The genteel tradition at bay.--English liberty in America.--A letter to Logan Pearsall Smith.--America's young radicals.--Marginal notes on civilization in the United States.--Americanism.--From Dominations and powers.--What is a Philistine?--The elements and function of poetry.--Emerson.--Emerson the poet.--Walt Whitman: a dialogue.--The poetry of barbarism II: Walt Whitman.--Genteel American poetry.--A marginal note.--Letters.
Bibliographical footnotes.
Keywords: Philosophy, American; National characteristics, American; American literature -- History and criticism; United States -- Civilization