In this book, Kristin Mahoney argues that the early twentieth century was a period in which the specters of the fin de siecle exercised a remarkable draw on the modern cultural imagination and troubled emergent avant-gardistes. These authors and artists refused to assimilate to the aesthetic and pol...

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1. Verfasser:	Mahoney, Kristin 1976- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Cambridge Univ. Press 2015
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1890-1930 English literature / 20th century / History and criticism Decadence (Literary movement) / Great Britain Modernism (Literature) / Great Britain Politics and literature / Great Britain / History / 20th century Geschichte Moderne Politik > Motiv Englisch Dekadenzliteratur Großbritannien
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Zusammenfassung:	In this book, Kristin Mahoney argues that the early twentieth century was a period in which the specters of the fin de siecle exercised a remarkable draw on the modern cultural imagination and troubled emergent avant-gardistes. These authors and artists refused to assimilate to the aesthetic and political ethos of the era, representing themselves instead as time travelers from the previous century for whom twentieth-century modernity was both baffling and disappointing. However, they did not turn entirely from the modern moment, but rather relied on decadent strategies to participate in conversations concerning the most highly vexed issues of the period including war, the rise of the Labour Party, the question of women's sexual freedom, and changing conceptions of sexual and gender identities
Beschreibung:	XI, 259 S. Ill.