Decadence: A Very Short Introduction (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
160
Utgivningsdatum
2018-03-22
Förlag
OUP USA
Illustratör/Fotograf
10 illustrations
Illustrationer
10 illustrations
Dimensioner
173 x 109 x 13 mm
Vikt
227 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780190610227
Decadence: A Very Short Introduction (häftad)

Decadence: A Very Short Introduction

av David Weir
Häftad, Engelska, 2018-03-22
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Decadence: A Very Short Introduction provides an elegant overview of the culture of decadence - defined as the artistic expression of a conflicted sense of modernity - by tracing its origin in ancient Rome, development in nineteenth-century Paris and London, manifestation in early twentieth-century Vienna and Berlin, and present resonance in contemporary life.
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Jad Adams, The Wildean Weir does us a service by bringing into one accessible book the decadences of different ages for comparison.


In Decadence: A Very Short Introduction, David Weir helps students, scholars, and the general public to think more critically about decadence by introducing a lens that could serve as a starting point for understanding the concept: modernity and conflict.


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David Weir is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Cooper Union, where he taught literature, linguistics, and cinema for 30 years. He has published books on Jean Vigo, James Joyce, William Blake, orientalism, anarchism, and decadence.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations Introduction 1 Rome: Classical Decadence 2 Paris: Cultural Decadence 3 London: Social Decadence 4 Vienna and Berlin: Socio-cultural Decadence Conclusion: Legacies of Decadence References Further reading Index

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