The Cambridge companion to the fin de siecle / edited by Gail Marshall. - xvii, 266 pages ; 24cm . - ( Cambridge collections online ) . - Cambridge collections online. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Psychology at the fin de si�ecle / Jenny Bourne Taylor -- Decadence and aestheticism / Dennis Denisoff -- Sexual identity at the fin de si�ecle / Richard A. Kaye -- Socialism and radicalism / William Greenslade -- Empire / Ross G. Forman -- Publishing industries and practices / Margaret D. Stetz -- The visual arts / Shearer West -- The new woman and feminist fictions / Sally Ledger -- Realism / Stephen Arata -- The fantastic fiction of the fin de si�ecle / Nicholas Ruddick -- Varieties of performance at the turn of the century / John Stokes -- Poetry / Marion Thain.

Situated between the Victorians and Modernism, the fin de si�ecle is an exciting and rewarding period to study. This text provides a comprehensive overview of the relationships between culture, art and society in the 1890s.

1139001566 9781139001564


1800-1899


English literature--History and criticism.--19th century


Criticism, interpretation, etc.

820.9/008 / C178