Language and Decadence in the Victorian Fin de Siecle

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As Dr. Dowling demonstrates, literary Decadence in this linguistic and cultural context was to reveal itself as a mode of Romanticism demoralized by philology. Decadent writers like Paler and Wilde and Beardslcy sought to preserve a few precious fragments from what they imagined--and paradoxically w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dowling, Linda C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Philology.
Neogrammarians.
Linguistics.
Language and culture.
English literature.
Decadence (Literary movement)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Langage et culture > Grande-Bretagne.
Neogrammairiens.
Philologie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Linguistique > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Decadentisme.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Language and culture > Great Britain.
Philology > History > 19th century.
Linguistics > History > 19th century.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:As Dr. Dowling demonstrates, literary Decadence in this linguistic and cultural context was to reveal itself as a mode of Romanticism demoralized by philology. Decadent writers like Paler and Wilde and Beardslcy sought to preserve a few precious fragments from what they imagined--and paradoxically welcomed--as England's imminent decline and fall. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These pape.
Physical Description:1 online resource (314 pages).
ISBN:9781400858330

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