{"product_id":"extraordinary-aesthetes-decadents-new-women-and-fin-de-siecle-culture-hardback-9781487546083","title":"Extraordinary Aesthetes; Decadents, New Women, and Fin-de-Siècle Culture (Hardback) 9781487546083","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eExtraordinary Aesthetes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDecadents, New Women, and Fin-de-Siècle Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Bristow (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487546083\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 April 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e394 pages, 48 colour illustrations, 4 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 3.8 cm, 0.74 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eExtraordinary Aesthetes\u003c\/em\u003e] is rich in material and interpretation and introduces the reader to aspects of cultural and literary life at the end of the nineteenth century, which will certainly enrich any previous studies and encourage further reading. Bristow\u0026amp;#x2019;s mission to extend and transform his cited key texts is successfully achieved.\" - Miriam al Jamil (\u003cem\u003eThe Wildean\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fin de siècle not only designated the end of the Victorian epoch but also marked a significant turn towards modernism.\u003ci\u003e Extraordinary Aesthetes \u003c\/i\u003ecritically examines\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eliterary and visual artists from England, Ireland, and Scotland whose careers in poetry, fiction, and illustration flourished during the concluding years of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis collection draws special attention to the exceptional contributions that artists, poets, and novelists made to the cultural world of the late 1880s and 1890s. The essays illuminate a range of established, increasingly acknowledged, and lesser-known figures whose contributions to this brief but remarkably intense cultural period warrant close attention. Such figures include the critically neglected Mabel Dearmer, whose stunning illustrations appear in Evelyn Sharp\u0026amp;#x2019;s radical fairy tales for children. Equally noteworthy is the uncompromising short fiction of Ella D\u0026amp;#x2019;Arcy, who played a pivotal role in editing the most famous journal of the 1890s, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYellow Book\u003c\/i\u003e. The discussion extends to a range of legendary writers, including Max Beerbohm, Oscar Wilde, and W.B. Yeats, whose works are placed in dialogue with authors who gained prominence during this period. Bringing women\u0026amp;#x2019;s writing to the fore, \u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Aesthetes \u003c\/i\u003erebalances the achievements of artists and writers during the rapidly transforming cultural world of the fin de siècle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Bristow\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One: New Women, Female Aesthetes, and the Emergence of Decadence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Impressionistic Photography and the\u003cem\u003e flâneuse\u003c\/em\u003e in Amy Levy\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eRomance of a Shop\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eS. Brooke Cameron\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Decay of Marriage in Ella D\u0026amp;#x2019;Arcy\u0026amp;#x2019;s Decadent New Woman Fiction\u003cbr\u003eKate Krueger\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Mabel Dearmer\u0026amp;#x2019;s Decadent Way\u003cbr\u003eDiana Maltz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: Femininity, Masculinity, and Fin-de-Siècle Aesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \"So much too little\": Alice Meynell, Walter Pater, and the Question of Influence\u003cbr\u003eBeth Newman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Richard Le Gallienne and the Rhymers: Masculine Minority in the 1890s\u003cbr\u003eEmily Harrington\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Max Beerbohm\u0026amp;#x2019;s \"Improved\" \u003cem\u003eIntentions\u003c\/em\u003e by Oscar Wilde: The Aesthetics of Cosmesis\u003cbr\u003eMegan Becker \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three: Women, Babies, Moons – 1890s Poetics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Dollie Radford and the Case of the Disappearing Babies\u003cbr\u003eJulie Wise\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. \"She hath no air\": Mary Coleridge\u0026amp;#x2019;s Moon\u003cbr\u003eKasey Bass \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Four: Aestheticism, Decadence, and the Modern Age\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Radical Empathy in Dora Sigerson\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eFairy Changeling\u003c\/em\u003e and Broadside Poems of 1916–17\u003cbr\u003eSo Young Park\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Boom in Yellow: The Afterlife of the 1890s\u003cbr\u003eKristin Mahoney\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685678510360,"sku":"9781487546083","price":47.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/extraordinary-aesthetes-decadents-new-women-and-fin-de-siecle-culture-hardback-9781487546083","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}