Intellectual America; ideas on the march
The invading forces: French naturalism and decadence -- German absolutism -- English liberalism -- The purveyors -- The naturalists: The genesis of despair -- British pessimism -- America naturalism -- The decadents: Art as a refuge -- American decadence -- The primitivists -- The intelligentsia: The birth of pessimism -- Celtic-American cynicism -- Modern cynicism -- Scholasticism -- The Freudians: Woman in bondage -- Transition -- The emancipators -- The new freedom.