Decadence and Literature

ISBN-13: 9781108426244 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 430 str.

Jane Desmarais; David Weir

Opis

Shows how the concept of decadence has evolved into a major cultural trope with broad explanatory power.

Spis treści

Introduction Jane Desmarais and David Weir; Part I. Origins: 1. Decadence in Ancient Rome Jerry Toner; 2. Decadence and Roman historiography Shushma Malik; 3. Nineteenth-century literary and artistic responses to Roman decadence Isobel Hurst; 4. Decadence and the enlightenment Chad Denton; 5. Decadence and the urban sensibility Michael Shaw; 6. Decadence and the critique of modernity Jane Desmarais; 7. Decadence and aesthetics Sacha Golob; Part II. Developments: 8. Decadence and the visual arts Laura Moure Cecchini; 9. Decadence and music Emma Sutton; 10. Decadence, parody, and new women's writing Kate Krueger; 11. The philosophy of decadence Nicholas D. More; 12. The sexual psychology of decadence Melanie Hawthorne; 13. The theology of decadence Matthew Bradley; 14. The science of decadence Jordan Kistler; 15. The sociology of decadence Jeffrey Sachs; Part III. Applications: 16. Decadence and urban geography Theresa Zeitz-Lindamood; 17. Socio-aesthetic histories: Vienna 1900 and Weimar Berlin Katharina Herold; 18. Decadence and cinema David Weir; 19. Transnational decadence Stefano Evangelista; 20. Decadence and modernism Gerald Gillespie; 21. Modern prophetic poetry and the decadence of empires: from Kipling to Auden Chris Baldick; 22. The gender of decadence: Paris-Lesbos from the fin de siècle to the interwar era Deborah Longworth; 23. Decadence and popular culture Alice Condé.