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Decadence and orientalism in England and Germany, 1880-1920 : 'the indispensable East' / Katharina Herold-Zanker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herold, Katharina, 1986- author.
- Series:
- Oxford English monographs.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford English monographs
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--Themes, motives.
- English literature.
- English literature--20th century--Themes, motives.
- German literature--19th century--Themes, motives.
- German literature.
- German literature--20th century--Themes, motives.
- Orientalism in literature.
- Orientalism--Great Britain--History.
- Orientalism.
- Orientalism--Germany--History.
- East and West in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- 'Decadence and Orientalism in England and Germany, 1880-1920' examines the Orientalist portrayal of Middle Eastern cultures in Decadent Literatures in England and Germany at the turn of the century. This book argues that the role of Orientalism in literary Decadence uniquely exposes its paradoxical engagement with other cultures. In bringing together two fin-de-siècle European literatures, this comparative study makes a case for the transnational, if not imperial, nature of Decadence.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Perfect and Poisonous Dependencies: Orientalism and Decadence
- 1 `Away to Egypt'!: Oscar Wilde and Orientalist Objectification
- 2 'Against Civilisation': Arthur Symons's and Violet Fane's Fictions of Constantinople
- 3 'Feeling Oriental': Embodied Orients in Decadent Writing by Paul Scheerbart and Else Lasker-Schüler
- 4 `Ex septentrione lux': Stefan George's Cosmopolitan Empire and Aesthetic Fascism
- Conclusion: `The Indispensable East'.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 6, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 0-19-888100-2
- 0-19-199048-5
- OCLC:
- 1425130109
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