Contributor
Guy, Josephine M., 1963- editor.
ImprintEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Descriptionix, 462 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Note:I. Concepts -- 1. Decadence and Institutions of Modernism in the American Literary Field of the 1910s and 1920s / Kirsten MacLeod -- 2. Matter of Form: Fin-de-Siècle Illustrated Poetry and the Periodical Press / Alison Chapman -- 3. Curious Intricacies: Some Versions of City Writing at the Fin de Siècle / Nick Freeman -- 4. Gothic Aesthetics / Andrew Smith -- 5. Catholicism and the Fin de Siècle / Miriam Elizabeth Burstein -- 6. Secularism and Secularisation at the Fin de Siècle / Sara Lyons -- 7. Claims of Kinship: Humanitarian Ideals at the Century's End / John Stokes -- 8. Information in the 1890s: Technological, Journalistic, Imperial, Occult / Richard Menke -- II. Places -- 9. Fin-de-Siècle Scotland / Caroline McCracken-Flesher -- 10. Irish Fin de Siècle / Anne Markey -- 11. Providing an Ideal Home: Paternalism and Persuasion at Bournville 1895--1914 / Margaret Ponsonby -- 12. Theatre in the Provinces at the Fin de Siècle: Beyond Outcast London / Jo Robinson -- 13. 'Truth About Russia': Russia in Britain at the Fin de Siècle / Anna Vaninskaya -- 14. Aestheticism in Italy: A New Sense of Place / Stefano Evangelista -- III. Identities: Female -- 15. 1890s Woman / Jad Adams -- 16. When a Bestselling Author and a West End Actress Made a Spiritualist Performance: Collaboration, Networks and Theatre at the Fin de Siècle / Catherine Hindson -- 17. Intergenerational Collaboration and Conflict: Women's Periodicals at the Fin de Siècle / Alexis Easley -- 18. Lily Montagu and Liberal Judaism / Richa Dwor -- 19. American Nervousness: Motherhood and 'The Mental Activity of Women' in the Era of Sexual Anarchy / Emily Coit -- IV. Identities: Male -- 20. German and British Sexual Sciences Across Disciplines at the Fin de Siècle: 'Homosexuals', 'Inverts' and 'Uranians' / Ina Linge -- 21. Anglo-African Adventure Novel in the 1890s / Gerald Monsman -- 22. Fin-de-Siècle Detective: 'But My Job Don't End There'/ Caroline Reitz.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:The late nineteenth-century fin de siècle has proved an enduringly fascinating moment in literary and cultural history. It is associated with the emergence of intriguing figures - such as the 'new woman' and 'uranian'; with contradictory impulses - of decadence and decay on the one hand, and of experiment and renewal, on the other; as well as with unprecedented intercultural exchange, especially between Britain and France. The 22 newly-commissioned essays collected here re-examine some of the key concepts taken to define the fin de siècle, while also introducing hitherto overlooked cultural phenomena into the frame, such as the importance of humanitarianism. The impact of recent research in material culture is explored, particularly how the history of the book and the history of performance culture is changing our understanding of this period. A wide range of cultural activities is discussed--from participation in avant-garde theatre to interior decoration and from the writing of poetry to political and religious activism. Together, the essays provide new scholarly insights into British fin de siècle and enrich our understanding of this complex period, while paying particular attention to the importance of regionalism.
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