The Cambridge companion to the fin de siècle / edited by Gail Marshall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marshall, Gail, 1965- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Art and literature.

Decadence (Literary movement).

Literature, Modern--19th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Great Britain--Civilization--19th century.

Great Britain.

Europe--Civilization--19th century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Situated between the Victorians and Modernism, the fin de siècle is an exciting and rewarding period to study. In the literature and art of the 1890s, the processes of literary and cultural change can be seen in action. In this, more than any previous decade, literature was an active and controversial participant within debates over morality, aesthetics, politics and science, as Victorian certainties began to break down. Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, H. G. Wells, Bram Stoker and Olive Schreiner were among the most prominent, occasionally even notorious, writers and artists of the period, challenging establishment values and producing a distinctive literature of their own. This volume includes the main currents of radical and innovative thinking in the period, as well as the attempts to resist them. It will be of great interest to students of Victorian and twentieth-century literature, art and cultural history.

Contents:

Psychology at the fin de siècle / Jenny Bourne Taylor

Decadence and aestheticism / Dennis Denisoff

Sexual identity at the fin de siècle / Richard A. Kaye

Socialism and radicalism / William Greenslade

Empire / Ross G. Forman

Publishing industries and practices / Margaret D. Stetz

The visual arts / Shearer West

The new woman and feminist fictions / Sally Ledger

Realism / Stephen Arata

The fantastic fiction of the fin de siècle / Nicholas Ruddick

Varieties of performance at the turn of the century / John Stokes

Poetry / Marion Thain.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-253) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-48139-2

1-107-48628-9

1-139-00156-6