A Baedeker of Decadence
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A Baedeker of Decadence

Charting a Literary Fashion, 1884–1927

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A Baedeker of Decadence

Charting a Literary Fashion, 1884–1927

About this book

During the final decades of the nineteenth century, a common mind-set emerged among many intellectuals—“la dĂ©cadence.” Many novels and novellas of the period were populated with protagonists who were fragile, refined, self-absorbed, and preoccupied with a trivially exquisite aesthetic. A Baedeker of Decadence presents thirty-two international 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 this highly significant literary and cultural phenomenon.

Schoolfield tracks down the symptoms of decadence in narrative works written in more than a dozen languages, providing synopses and passages in English translation to give a sense of each author’s style and tone. Schoolfield throws new light on the close intellectual kinship of authors from August Strindberg to Bram Stoker to Thomas Mann, and on the ingredients, themes, motifs, and preconceptions that characterized decadent literature.

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Information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
1992
eBook ISBN
9780300159202
Edition
1
Topic
Letteratura
Subtopic
Critica letteraria europea

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Baedekers
  3. Preface
  4. 1. France: Joris-Karl Huysmans
  5. 2. Ireland: George Moore
  6. 3. Italy: Gabriele D’Annunzio
  7. 4. Sweden: August Strindberg
  8. 5. England: Oscar Wilde
  9. 6. Holland: Louis Couperus
  10. 7. Norway: Arne Garborg
  11. 8. Belgium: Georges Rodenbach
  12. 9. Poland/Prussia: Stanislaw Przybyszewski
  13. 10. Finland: Karl August Tavaststjerna
  14. 11. Ireland: Edith Oenone Somerville and Violet Martin Ross
  15. 12. Austria: Leopold von Andrian, Rainer Maria Rilke
  16. 13. Poland/Prussia: Stanislaw Przybyszewski
  17. 14. Wales: Arthur Machen
  18. 15. England: Bram Stoker
  19. 16. Portugal: José Maria Eça de Queirós
  20. 17. Spain: RamĂłn MarĂ­a del Valle-InclĂĄn
  21. 18. Germany: Thomas Mann
  22. 19. Sweden: Oscar Levertin, Gustaf af Geijerstam, Hjalmar Söderberg, Kjell Strömberg
  23. 20. Denmark: Herman Bang
  24. 21. Australia: Henry Handel Richardson
  25. 22. The United States: James Gibbons Huneker
  26. 23. Iceland: HalldĂłr Kiljan Laxness
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index