1st Edition
Spectrum of Decadence (Routledge Revivals) The Literature of the 1890s
By Murray Pittock
Copyright 1993
234 Pages
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Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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The 1890s, the Naughty Nineties, was an exciting and flamboyant time in British life and literature. First published in 1993, this title traces the genesis of the literary culture of the 1890s through some of the popular novels and literary texts of the period. By examining works by such writers as Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, W. B. Yeats, and Walter Pater, Murray Pittock analyses the nature of the... Read more
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Walter Pater and the French connection 2. The holy writ of beauty 3. The rage for the past and the Celtic Twilight 4. Decadent p(r)ose 5. The Rhymers’ Club and other poets 6. Literary periodicals 7. The legacy of the Nineties; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
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