Title Decadent conservatism : aesthetics, politics, and the past / Alex Murray

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 288 pages) : illustrations (black and white) Summary British Decadent literature was a radical attack on conventional morality and middle-class taste, its insistence on the autonomy of the art and its exploration of sexuality, dissipation, and depravity at odds with the literary and social establishment. Yet this counter-cultural narrative has obscured the often reactionary and elitist tendencies of Decadent writers and artists of the fin de siècle. This book offers an in-depth examination of the intersection of Decadence and conservatism, arguing that underpinning both was the desire to find alternatives to liberal modernity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Decadence (Literary movement) -- Great Britain English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Decadence (Literary movement) English literature Literature and society Politics and literature Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191949050 0191949051

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