Reading fin de siècle fictions
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Reading fin de siècle fictions
（Longman critical readers）
Longman, 1996
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 232-234
Includes index
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: pbk ISBN 9780582233904
Description
The fin de siecle, the period 1880-1914, long associated with decadence and with the literary movements of aestheticism and symbolism, has received renewed critical interest recently. The essays in this volume form a valuable introduction to fin de siecle cultural studies and provide a commentary on important aspects of current critical debate and the place of culture in society.
Table of Contents
General Editors' Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction.
2. Nina Auerback, Magi and Maidens: The Romance of the Victorian Freud.
3. Sandra M Gilbert, Rider Haggard's Heart of Darkness.
4. Linda Dowling, The Decadent and the New Woman in the 1890s.
5. Stephen Heath, Psychopathia Sexualis: Stevenson's Strange Case.
6. Richard Dellamora, Homosexual Scandal and Compulsory Heterosexuality in the 1890s.
7. Ed Cohen, Writing Gone Wilde: Homoerotic Desires in th Closet of Representation.
8. Jonathan Dollimore, Different Desires: Subjectivity and Transgression in Wilde and Gide.
9. Daniel Pick, 'Terrors of the night': Dracula and 'degeneration' in the late ninetheenth century
10. Elaine Showalter, Syphilis, Sexuality and the Fiction of the Fin de Siecle.
11. Patrick Brantlinger, Imperial Gothic: Atavism and the Occult in the British Adventure Novel, 1880-1914.
12. Benita Parry, The Content and Discontents of Kipling's Imperialism.
13. Edward Said, Conrad's Heart of Darkness and the Histories of Empire.
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Index
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ISBN 9780582233928
Description
The fin de siecle, the period 1880-1914, long associated with decadence and with the literary movements of aestheticism and symbolism, has received renewed critical interest recently. This book introduces fin de siecle cultural studies and commentates on aspects of current critical debate.
Table of Contents
- Magi and maidens - the romance of the Victorian Freud, Nina Auerback
- Rider Haggard's "Heart of Darkness", Sandra M. Gilbert
- the decadent and the new woman in the 1890s, Linda Dowling
- psychopathia sexualis - Stevenson's strange case, Stephen Heath
- homosexual scandal and compulsory heterosexuality in the 1890s, Richard Dellamore
- writing gone Wilde - homoerotic desires in the closet of representation, Ed Cohen
- different desires - subjectivity and transgression in Wilde and Gide, Jonathan Dollimore
- "terrors of the night" - Dracula and "degeneration" in the late-19th century, Daniel Pick
- syphilis, sexuality and the fiction of the fin de siecle, Elaine Showalter
- imperial gothic - atavism and the occult in the British adventure novel, 1880-1914, Patrick Brantlinger
- the content and dicontents of Kipling's imperialism, Benita Parry
- Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" and the histories of empire, Edward Said.
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