{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-the-fin-de-siecle-paperback-9780521615617","title":"The Cambridge Companion to the Fin de Siècle (Paperback) 9780521615617","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to the Fin de Siècle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collection of essays concerning the literature and culture of the fin de siècle period.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGail Marshall (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521615617, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 2 August 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 9 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 1.3 cm, 0.45 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\"As someone who teaches fin de sie`cle courses every semester, I am very pleased to see the publication of The Cambridge Companion to the Fin de Sie`cle. Finally there is a collection of useful overviews ofmajor topics in the period to which I can direct my students.” \u003cbr\u003e-Talia Schaffer,Queens College and the Graduate Center\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSituated between the Victorians and Modernism, the fin de siècle is an exciting and rewarding period to study. In the literature and art of the 1890s, the processes of literary and cultural change can be seen in action. In this, more than any previous decade, literature was an active and controversial participant within debates over morality, aesthetics, politics and science, as Victorian certainties began to break down. Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, H. G. Wells, Bram Stoker and Olive Schreiner were among the most prominent, occasionally even notorious, writers and artists of the period, challenging establishment values and producing a distinctive literature of their own. This volume includes the main currents of radical and innovative thinking in the period, as well as the attempts to resist them. It will be of great interest to students of Victorian and twentieth-century literature, art and cultural history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Gail Marshall\u003cbr\u003e 1. Psychology at the fin de siècle Jenny Bourne Taylor\u003cbr\u003e 2. Decadence and aestheticism Dennis Denisoff\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sexual identity at the fin de siècle Richard A. Kaye\u003cbr\u003e 4. Socialism and radicalism William Greenslade\u003cbr\u003e 5. Empire Ross G. Forman\u003cbr\u003e 6. Publishing industries and practices Margaret D. Stetz\u003cbr\u003e 7. The visual arts Shearer West\u003cbr\u003e 8. The New Woman and feminist fictions Sally Ledger\u003cbr\u003e 9. Realism Stephen Arata\u003cbr\u003e 10. The fantastic fiction of the fin de siècle Nicholas Ruddick\u003cbr\u003e 11. Varieties of performance at the turn of the century John Stokes\u003cbr\u003e 12. Poetry Marion Thain\u003cbr\u003e Guide to further reading\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001330684184,"sku":"9780521615617","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521615617i_b570878e-bbef-4047-ab79-7118784e30f9.jpg?v=1691370552","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-the-fin-de-siecle-paperback-9780521615617","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}