Описание: This exciting new study looks at degeneration and deviance in nineteenth-century science and late-Victorian Gothic fiction. The questions it raises are as relevant today as they were at the nineteenth century`s fin de siecle: What constitutes the norm from which a deviation has occurred? What exactly does it mean to be `normal` or `abnormal`?
Автор: Greenslade Название: Degeneration, Culture and the Novel ISBN: 052113112X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521131124 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7445.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Towards the end of the nineteenth century developments in medical, biological and psychiatric sciences encouraged theories of the degeneration of the human race. Here William Greenslade investigates the impact of degeneration theories on British culture, and explores the trope in the work of novelists including Hardy, Woolf and Buchan.
Автор: Balfour Название: Decadence ISBN: 1107425719 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107425712 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2693.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Originally published in 1908, this book presents the content of the Henry Sidgwick Memorial Lecture for that year, which was delivered by former Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour at Newnham College, Cambridge. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in perspectives on the nature of decadence and historical progress.
Автор: Kventsel Название: Decadence in the Late Novels of Henry James ISBN: 0230008275 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230008274 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Looking at the novels of James`s major phase in the context of fin-de-siecle decadence, this book illuminates central issues in the James corpus and central aspects of a rich and fraught cultural moment. Through a close examination of the textures of the novels, Kventsel defines and explores their psycho-cultural field of meaning.
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