| Decadences: Morality and Aesthetics in British Literature Revised, Expand Edition Contributor(s): Fox, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3838206231 ISBN-13: 9783838206233 Publisher: Ibidem Press OUR PRICE: $43.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Series: Studies in English Literatures |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.8" W x 8.2" (1.05 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume follows shifting conceptions of decadence in art and society at various moments in British literature. The decline from a higher standard, social malaise, aesthetic ennui--all of these ideas presume certain facts about the past, the present, and time's linear nature. To reject the past as a given and to relish the subtleties of present nuance is the beginning of decadence. This study explores the inherent conflict between society's moral contempt toward purportedly decadent artists and the artist's belief that the stranglehold society maintained on individual interpretation was true decadence. |