Kirsten MacLeod
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2006
9781349547654
Fictions of British Decadence
High Art, Popular Writing and the Fin De Siècle
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 2006
ISBN13: 9781349547654
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Fictions of British Decadence is a fresh account of the emergence, development and legacy of fiction written in the era of Oscar Wilde. It examines a broad range of texts by a diverse array of Decadent writers, from familiar figures such as Ernest Dowson and John Davidson to lesser-known innovators such as Arthur Machen and M.P. Shiel.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349547654
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
Preface and Acknowlegements Introduction: British Decadence à rebours The Mystified Class Origins of Decadence Decadent Positionings: Decadence and the Literary Field The Birth of the Decadent in Fiction, 1884-89 Writing Against Decadence, 1890-97 Decadent Fiction Before the Keynote Series 'Keynotes' of Decadence, 1894-95 Decadence in the Shadow of the Wilde Trials and Beyond The Afterlife of the Decadents or, Life After Decadence Notes References Index