Decadence and the making of modernism /

The cultural phenomenon known as "decadence" has often been viewed as an ephemeral artistic vogue that fluorished briefly in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe. This study makes the case for decadence as a literary movement in its own right, based on a set of aesthetic pri...

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Main Author: Weir, David, 1947 April 20-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©1995.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • The Definition of decadence
  • Decadence and romanticism: Flabuert's Salammbô
  • Decadence and naturalism: The Goncourt's Germinie Lacerteux
  • Decadence and aestheticism: Pater's Marius the epicurean
  • Decadence and décadisme: A rebours and afterward
  • Decadence and modernism: Joyce and Gide
  • The decline of decadence.