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Language and decadence in the Victorian fin de siecle / Linda Dowling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dowling, Linda C., 1944- author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Princeton legacy library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Decadence (Literary movement).
- Linguistics--History--19th century.
- Linguistics.
- Philology--History--19th century.
- Philology.
- Neogrammarians.
- Language and culture--Great Britain.
- Language and culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 p.)
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1986.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- As Dr. Dowling demonstrates, literary Decadence in this linguistic and cultural context was to reveal itself as a mode of Romanticism demoralized by philology. Decadent writers like Paler and Wilde and Beardslcy sought to preserve a few precious fragments from what they imagined--and paradoxically welcomed--as England's imminent decline and fall.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- I. Romantic Philology and Victorian Civilization
- II. The Decay of Literature
- III. The Fatal Book
- IV. Disembodied Voices
- V. Yeats and the Book of the People
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691631028
- 0691631026
- 9781400858330
- 140085833X
- OCLC:
- 1013938609
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