| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 415 pages) |
| Contents |
France: Joris-Karl Huysmans -- Ireland: George Moore -- Italy: Gabriele D'Annunzio -- Sweden: August Strindberg -- England: Oscar Wilde -- Holland: Louis Couperus -- Norway: Arne Garborg -- Belgium: Georges Rodenbach -- Poland/Prussia: Stanisław Przybyszewski -- Finland: Karl August Tavaststjerna -- Ireland: Edith Oenone Somerville and Violet Martin Ross -- Austria: Leopold von Andrian, Rainer Maria Rilke -- Poland/Prussia: Stanisław Przybyszewski -- Wales: Arthur Machen -- England: Bram Stoker -- Portugal: José Maria Eça de Queirós -- Spain: Ramón María del Valle-Inclán -- Germany: Thomas Mann -- Sweden: Oscar Levertin, Gustaf af Geijerstam, Hjalmar Söderberg, Kjell Strömberg -- Denmark: Herman Bang -- Australia: Henry Handel Richardson -- The United States: James Gibbons Huneker -- Iceland: Halldór Kiljan Laxness |
| Summary |
"A Baedeker of Decadence presents an international collection of thirty-two works of literary decadence written between 1884 and 1927. George C. Schoolfield, a world authority on the decadent novel, offers an entertaining and wide-ranging commentary on the many strands of this highly significant literary and cultural phenomenon."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-407) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Decadence (Literary movement)
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European literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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European literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Decadence (Literary movement)
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European literature.
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Dekadenzliteratur
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Schrijvers.
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Decadentie.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300159202 |
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030015920X |
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