| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 260 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 133 |
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 133.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Thoughts on Imbolc 2021 -- 1. Decadent ecology and the pagan revival -- 2. "up & down & horribly natural": Walter Pater and the decadent anthropocene -- 3. The lick of love: Trans-species intimacy in Simeon Solomon and Michael Field -- 4. The Genius Loci as spirited vagabond in Robert Louis Stevenson and Vernon Lee -- 5. Occult ecology and the decadent feminism of Moina Mathers and Fiona Farr -- 6. Sinking feeling: Intimate decomposition in William Sharp, Arthur Machen, and George Egerton -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
"Casting fresh light on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British art, literature, ecological science and paganism, Decadent Ecology reveals the pervasive influence of decadence and paganism on modern understandings of nature and the environment, queer and feminist politics, national identities, and changing social hierarchies. Combining scholarship in the environmental humanities with aesthetic and literary theory, this interdisciplinary study digs into works by Simeon Solomon, Algernon Swinburne, Walter Pater, Robert Louis Stevenson, Vernon Lee, Michael Field, Arthur Machen and others to address trans-temporal, trans-species intimacy; the vagabondage of place; the erotics of decomposition; occult ecology; decadent feminism; and neopaganism. Decadent Ecology reveals the mutually influential relationship of art and science during the formulation of modern ecological, environmental, evolutionary and trans-national discourses, while also highlighting the dissident dynamism of new and recuperative pagan spiritualities - primarily Celtic, Nordic-Germanic, Greco-Roman and Egyptian - in the framing of personal, social and national identities"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 10, 2021) |
| Subject |
British literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Decadence (Literary movement) -- Great Britain
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Decadence in art -- 19th century
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Paganism in literature -- 19th century
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Paganism in art -- 19th century
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Ecology in literature -- 19th century
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Ecology in art -- 19th century
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British literature
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Decadence in art
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Decadence (Literary movement)
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Ecology in art
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Ecology in literature
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Paganism in art
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Paganism in literature
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021030247 |
| ISBN |
9781108991599 |
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1108991599 |
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