Faces of Degeneration - A European Disorder, C.1848-1918

Klappentext This book investigates the specific conception and descent of a language of 'degeneration' from 1848 1918. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the specific conception and descent of a language of 'degeneration' from 1848–1918. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Contexts; Part I. France: 2. Dégénérescence and revolution; 3. Zola's prognosis; 4. The wake of dégénérescence; Part II. Italy: 5. Lombroso's criminal science; Part III. England: 6. Fictions of degeneration; 7. Crime, urban degeneration and national decadence; 8. Concluding remarks.

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• Authors: Daniel Pick, Daniel (Queen Mary University of London) Pick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.1993
• EAN: 9780521457538
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45753-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Ideas in Context; Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries