Reading Fin De Siecle Fictions

The fin de siecle period, 1880-1914, has long been associated with decadence and with the literary movements of aestheticism and symbolism. Recently it has received renewed critical interest. The essays in this volume form a valuable introduction to fin de siecle cultural studies and provide a commentary on important aspects of current critical debate and the place of culture in society.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Editors' Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Nina Auerback, Magi and Maidens: The Romance of the Victorian Freud 3. Sandra M Gilbert, Rider Haggard's Heart of Darkness 4. Linda Dowling, The Decadent and the New Woman in the 1890s 5. Stephen Heath, Psychopathia Sexualis: Stevenson's Strange Case 6. Richard Dellamora, Homosexual Scandal and Compulsory Heterosexuality in the 1890s 7. Ed Cohen, Writing Gone Wilde: Homoerotic Desires in th Closet of Representation 8. Jonathan Dollimore, Different Desires: Subjectivity and Transgression in Wilde and Gide 9. Daniel Pick, 'Terrors of the night': Dracula and 'degeneration' in the late ninetheenth century 10. Elaine Showalter, Syphilis, Sexuality and the Fiction of the Fin de Siecle 11. Patrick Brantlinger, Imperial Gothic: Atavism and the Occult in the British Adventure Novel, 1880-1914 12. Benita Parry, The Content and Discontents of Kipling's Imperialism 13. Edward Said, Conrad's Heart of Darkness and the Histories of Empire Bibliography Index

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Pykett, Lyn

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lyn Pykett, Pykett Lyn
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781138176652
• ISBN: 978-1-138-17665-2
• Seiten: 252
• Serie: Longman Critical Readers
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature: history & criticism, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Literature: history and criticism