Decadence and the Making of Modernism |
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| Author:
| Weir, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87023-992-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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Decadence has often been viewed as an ephemeral artistic vogue of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe. This study makes the case for decadence as a literary movement in its own right, based on a set of aesthetic principles that formed a transitional link between romanticism and modernism.
Decadence has often been viewed as an ephemeral artistic vogue of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe. This study makes the case for decadence as a literary movement in its own right, based on a set of aesthetic principles that formed a transitional link between romanticism and modernism.