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Baedeker of Decadence: Charting a Literary Fashion, 1884-1927
Contributor(s): Schoolfield, George C. (Author)

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ISBN: 0300047142     ISBN-13: 9780300047141
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: December 2003
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Annotation: During the final decades of the nineteenth century, a common mind-set emerged among many intellectuals--"la decadence." Many novels and novellas of the period were populated with protagonists who were fragile, refined, self-absorbed, and preoccupied with a trivially exquisite aesthetic. A Baedeker of Decadence presents thirty-two international works of literary decadence written between 1884 and 1927. George C. Schoolfield, a world authority on the decadent novel, offers an entertaining and wide-ranging commentary on this highly significant literary and cultural phenomenon. Schoolfield tracks down the symptoms of decadence in narrative works written in more than a dozen languages, providing synopses and passages in English translation to give a sense of each author's style and tone. Schoolfield throws new light on the close intellectual kinship of authors from August Strindberg to Bram Stoker to Thomas Mann, and on the ingredients, themes, motifs, and preconceptions that characterized decadent literature.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | European - General
Dewey: 809.911
LCCN: 2003052549
Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.54" W x 9.44" L (1.60 lbs) 432 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Choice 05/01/2004 pg. 1659
 
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During the final decades of the nineteenth century, a common mind-set emerged among many intellectuals--"la d cadence." Many novels and novellas of the period were populated with protagonists who were fragile, refined, self-absorbed, and preoccupied with a trivially exquisite aesthetic. A Baedeker of Decadence presents thirty-two international works of literary decadence written between 1884 and 1927. George C. Schoolfield, a world authority on the decadent novel, offers an entertaining and wide-ranging commentary on this highly significant literary and cultural phenomenon.
Schoolfield tracks down the symptoms of decadence in narrative works written in more than a dozen languages, providing synopses and passages in English translation to give a sense of each author's style and tone. Schoolfield throws new light on the close intellectual kinship of authors from August Strindberg to Bram Stoker to Thomas Mann, and on the ingredients, themes, motifs, and preconceptions that characterized decadent literature.

 
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