Romancing Decay: Ideas of Decadence in European Culture

by Michael St. John

This collection of fifteen essays looks at the theme of decadence and its recurring manifestations in European literature and literary criticism from medieval times to the present day. Various definitions of the term are explored, including the notion of decadence as physical decay. Some of the essays draw parallels between modernist and postmodernist notions of decadence. Similarities are detected between fin de si cle decadence at the end of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138268844
• ISBN13: 9781138268845
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"