Decadence and literature / edited by Jane Desmarais, Goldsmiths, University of London ; David Weir, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

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"Decadence and Literature explains how the concept of decadence developed since Roman times into a major cultural trope with broad explanatory power. No longer just a term of opprobrium for mannered art or immoral behaviour, decadence today describes complex cultural and social responses to modernit...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cambridge critical concepts.
Other Authors: Desmarais, Jane (Editor)
Weir, David, 1947 April 20- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Series:Cambridge critical concepts.
Subjects:
Decadence in literature.
Modernism (Aesthetics) > History.
Intellectual life > History.
Degeneration > Social aspects > History.
Social change > History.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.
Intellectual life.
Social change.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xvii, 413 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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