Decadence and literature

by Desmarais, Jane Weir, David

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Full title :Decadence and literature / edited by Jane Desmarais, Goldsmiths, University of London ; David Weir, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

Summary

Decadence and Literature explains how the concept of decadence developed since Roman times into a major cultural trope with broad explanatory power. No longer just a term of opprobrium for mannered art or immoral behaviour, decadence today describes complex cultural and social responses to modernity in all its forms. From the Roman emperor's indulgence in luxurious excess as both personal vice and political control, to the Enlightenment libertine's rational pursuit of hedonism, to the nineteenth-century dandy's simultaneous delight and distaste with modern urban life, decadence has emerged as a way of taking cultural stock of major social changes. These changes include the role of women in forms of artistic expression and social participation formerly reserved for men, as well as the increasing acceptance of LGBTQ+ relationships, a development with a direct relationship to decadence. Today, decadence seems more important than ever to an informed understanding of contemporary anxieties and uncertainties.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvii, 413 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108550826, 1108550827
oclc:on1238204117
LC Classification:PN56.D45
Dewey Decimal:809/.93353

Achine generated contents note: Introduction Jane Desmarais and David Weir; Part I. Origins: 1. Decadence in Ancient Rome Jerry Toner; 2. Decadence and Roman Historiography Shushma Malik; 3. Nineteenth-Century Literary and Artistic Responses to Roman Decadence Isobel Hurst; 4. Decadence and the Enlightenment Chad Denton; 5. Decadence and the Urban Sensibility Michael Shaw; 6. Decadence and the Critique of Modernity Jane Desmarais; 7. Decadence and Aesthetics Sacha Golob; Part II. Developments: 8. Decadence and the Visual Arts Laura Moure Cecchini; 9. Decadence and Music Emma Sutton; 10. Decadence, Parody, and New Women's Writing Kate Krueger; 11. The Philosophy of Decadence Nicholas D. More; 12. The Sexual Psychology of Decadence Melanie Hawthorne; 13. The Theology of Decadence Matthew Bradley; 14. The Science of Decadence Jordan Kistler; 15. The Sociology of Decadence Jeffrey Sachs; Part III. Applications: 16. Decadence and Urban Geography Theresa Zeitz-Lindamood; 17. Socio-aesthetic Histories: Vienna 1900 and Weimar Berlin Katharina Herold; 18. Decadence and Cinema David Weir; 19. Transnational Decadence Stefano Evangelista; 20. Decadence and Modernism Gerald Gillespie; 21. Mode…

Subjects

Décadence dans la littérature Decadence in literature Degeneration -- Social aspects Dégénérescence -- Aspect social History Intellectual life Intellectual life -- History Modernism (Aesthetics) Modernism (Aesthetics) -- History Modernisme (Esthétique) -- Histoire Social change Social Change -- history