Fictions of British Decadence High Art, Popular Writing and the Fin De Siècle | EKB DL

Home BookFictions of British Decadence High Art, Popular Writing and the Fin De Siècle

Fictions of British Decadence High Art, Popular Writing and the Fin De Siècle

Fictions of British Decadence High Art, Popular Writing and the Fin De Siècle

Description

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.

Keywords

Literary CriticismEuropeanEnglish, Irish, Scottish, WelshFictionModern20th CenturyLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguistics

2006Book

Author(s)Kirsten MacLeod

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9781403999085

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

Similar Books

Decadent Poetics Literature and Form at the British Fin de Siècle

Decadent Poetics Literature and Form at the British Fin de Siècle

Seeds of Decadence in the Late Nineteenth-Century Novel A Crisis in Values

Seeds of Decadence in the Late Nineteenth-Century Novel A Crisis in Values

Decadence, Degeneration, and the End Studies in the European Fin de Siècle

Decadence, Degeneration, and the End Studies in the European Fin de Siècle

Neo-Victorian Fiction and Historical Narrative The Victorians and Us

Neo-Victorian Fiction and Historical Narrative The Victorians and Us

Weird Fiction in Britain 1880–1939

Weird Fiction in Britain 1880–1939

Oscar Wilde as a Character in Victorian Fiction

Oscar Wilde as a Character in Victorian Fiction

British Aestheticism and Ancient Greece: Hellenism, Reception, Gods in Exile (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture)

British Aestheticism and Ancient Greece: Hellenism, Reception, Gods in Exile (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture)

Writing Women of the Fin de Siècle Authors of Change

Writing Women of the Fin de Siècle Authors of Change

Degeneration, Normativity and the Gothic at the Fin de Siècle

Degeneration, Normativity and the Gothic at the Fin de Siècle

Decadent Literature in Twentieth-Century Japan

Decadent Literature in Twentieth-Century Japan