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Decadence and literature / edited by Jane Desmarais, Goldsmiths, University of London, David Weir, T...

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Decadence and literature / edited by Jane Desmarais, Goldsmiths, University of London, David Weir, T...

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Decadence and literature / edited by Jane Desmarais, Goldsmiths, University of London, David Weir, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

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Full title

Decadence and literature / edited by Jane Desmarais, Goldsmiths, University of London, David Weir, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Call Numbers

G 2020/2758

Record Identifier

74VKadPO8pJy

MMS ID

991024317391102626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xvii, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Decadence in Ancient Rome / Jerry Toner -- Decadence and Roman historiography / Shushma Malik -- Nineteenth-century literary and artistic responses to Roman decadence / Isobel Hurst -- Decadence and the Enlightenment / Chad Denton -- Decadence and the urban sensibility / Michael Shaw -- Decadence an...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2019.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"The observation that Richard Drake made in 1982 seems more pertinent than ever, now that decadence has gained a secure place as the object of scholarly investigation. But the concept is no longer solely confined to the domain of "nineteenth-century European cultural history"-- Provided by publisher....

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Full title

Decadence and literature / edited by Jane Desmarais, Goldsmiths, University of London, David Weir, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

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Notes

General note

Cambridge critical concepts

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Date Copyright

©2019

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Call Numbers

G 2020/2758

Record Identifier

74VKadPO8pJy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKadPO8pJy

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ISBN

1108426247 hardcover

9781108426244 hardcover

DDC

809.93353

MMS ID

991024317391102626

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