A Baedeker of Decadence: Charting a Literary Fashion, 1884-1927

by George C. Schoolfield

During the final decades of the nineteenth century, a common mind-set emerged among many intellectuals--"la d cadence." Many novels and novellas of the period were populated with protagonists who were fragile, refined, self-absorbed, and preoccupied with a trivially exquisite aesthetic. A Baedeker of Decadence presents thirty-two international works of literary decadence written between 1884 and 1927. George C. Schoolfield, a world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300047142
• ISBN13: 9780300047141
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"