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Language and Decadence in the Victorian Fin de Siecle

Language and Decadence in the Victorian Fin de Siecle( )
Author: Dowling, Linda C.
Series title:Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN:978-0-691-01472-2
Publication Date:Nov 1989
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $21.95
Book Description:

As Dr. Dowling demonstrates, literary Decadence in this linguistic and cultural context was to reveal itself as a mode of Romanticism demoralized by philology. Decadent writers like Paler and Wilde and Beardslcy sought to preserve a few precious fragments from what they imagined--and paradoxically welcomed--as England's imminent decline and fall. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to...
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Book Details
Pages:314
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.46 x 9.75 Inches
Book Weight:0.812 Pounds



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