Language and Decadence in the Victorian Fin de Siecle |
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| Author:
| Dowling, Linda C. |
| Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-60128-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.