Literature and the Politics of Post-Victorian Decadence

ISBN-13: 9781107109742 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 272 str.

Kristin Mahoney

Opis

This book explores the influence of the fin de siecle in early twentieth-century art and literature.

Recenzje

'… a thoroughly engaging book, written with admirable clarity and nicely produced into the bargain.' Nick Freeman, Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies

Spis treści

1. 'Queer indifference': Max Beerbohm, post-Victorian decadence, and camp nostalgia; 2. Pacifism and post-Victorian decadence: Vernon Lee at the margins of the twentieth century; 3. Towards aristocracy: Baron Corvo and the Corvine society; 4. Irish decadence, occultism, and sacrificial myth: the martyrdom of Althea Gyles; 5. Crusading decadent: Beresford Egan, global dandyism, and post-Victorian decadent feminism.