Fin de Sicle/Fin du Globe Fears and Fantasies of the Late Nineteenth Century |
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| Editor:
| Stokes, John |
| Series title: | Warwick Studies in the European Humanities Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-349-22421-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1992 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $209.00 |
Book Description:
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The internationally distinguished scholars who have contributed to this timely book were asked to take part in a collaborative act of demystification: a reconsideration of the eschatological ideas of the last fin de sicle, the 1890s, in the light of the critical thought of the 1990s. Their essays draw upon a range of approaches, and are broadly interdisciplinary. All are characterised by the realisation that, with a century's hindsight, the late 1800s should be seen not so much as a...
More DescriptionThe internationally distinguished scholars who have contributed to this timely book were asked to take part in a collaborative act of demystification: a reconsideration of the eschatological ideas of the last fin de sicle, the 1890s, in the light of the critical thought of the 1990s. Their essays draw upon a range of approaches, and are broadly interdisciplinary. All are characterised by the realisation that, with a century's hindsight, the late 1800s should be seen not so much as a period of decadence as of discovery and growth.