Fin de Sicle/Fin du Globe
Fears and Fantasies of the Late Nineteenth Century
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:20th Nov '92
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The internationally distinguished scholars who have contributed to this timely book were asked to take part in a collaborative act of demystification: a reconsideration of the eschatological ideas of the last fin de sicle, the 1890s, in the light of the critical thought of the 1990s.The internationally distinguished scholars who have contributed to this timely book were asked to take part in a collaborative act of demystification: a reconsideration of the eschatological ideas of the last fin de sicle, the 1890s, in the light of the critical thought of the 1990s. Their essays draw upon a range of approaches, and are broadly interdisciplinary. All are characterised by the realisation that, with a century's hindsight, the late 1800s should be seen not so much as a period of decadence as of discovery and growth.
ISBN: 9780333532683
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 485g
248 pages