The 1890s was the era of decadent culture; the era of Oscar Wilde and aestheticism. Murray Pittock traces the genesis of the decade's flamboyant literary culture through the literary texts of the period. Through works by writers such as Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, W.B. Yeats and Walter Pater, Pittock analyzes the nature of the "decadent era" and the artistic theories of Symbolism and Aestheticism. He provides an assessment of the lasting impact that the anti-scientific thought of the period has had on our own understanding of our cultural past. Indeed, the confrontations between art and science, sex and morality, desire and virtue, the author argues, are as much a part of the 20th century's fin-de-siecle as they were of the 19th century's.
- ISBN10 0415077575
- ISBN13 9780415077576
- Publish Date April 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English