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  1. The decadent republic of letters
    taste, politics, and cosmopolitan community from Baudelaire to Beardsley
    Published: c2013
    Publisher:  University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia

    The Decadent Republic of Letters revises the longstanding view of decadence as a movement defined by escapism and sociopolitical withdrawal. The book argues that decadent writers and artists from Charles Baudelaire to Aubrey Beardsley addressed a... more

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    The Decadent Republic of Letters revises the longstanding view of decadence as a movement defined by escapism and sociopolitical withdrawal. The book argues that decadent writers and artists from Charles Baudelaire to Aubrey Beardsley addressed a cosmopolitan audience united by taste rather than language, geography, or national identity. Cover -- The Decadent Republic of Letters -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction. "Workers of the Final Hour" -- Chapter 1. "Partisans Inconnus": Aesthetic Community and the Public Good in Baudelaire -- Chapter 2. The Politics of Appreciation: Gautier and Swinburne on Baudelaire -- Chapter 3. Golden Books: Pater, Huysmans, and Decadent Canonization -- Chapter 4. A Mirror for Teachers: Decadent Pedagogy and Public Education -- Chapter 5. A Republic of (Nothing but) Letters: Some Versions of Decadent Community -- Postscript. Public Works: Stéphane Mallarmé's "Le Tombeau de Charles Baudelaire" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1283898608; 9781283898607; 9780812207330
    Edition: 1st ed
    Series: Haney Foundation series
    Haney Foundation Ser
    Subjects: Decadence (Literary movement); English literature; French literature; Literature and society; Literature and society; Decadence (Literary movement); Decadence (Literary movement) ; England; Decadence (Literary movement) ; France; English literature ; 19th century ; History and criticism; French literature ; 19th century ; History and criticism; Literature and society ; England ; History ; 19th century; Literature and society ; France ; History ; 19th century; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (232 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-224) and index

    ""Cover ""; ""The Decadent Republic of Letters""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Introduction. "Workers of the Final Hour"""; ""Chapter 1. "Partisans Inconnus": Aesthetic Community and the Public Good in Baudelaire""; ""Chapter 2. The Politics of Appreciation: Gautier and Swinburne on Baudelaire""; ""Chapter 3. Golden Books: Pater, Huysmans, and Decadent Canonization""; ""Chapter 4. A Mirror for Teachers: Decadent Pedagogy and Public Education""; ""Chapter 5. A Republic of (Nothing but) Letters: Some Versions of Decadent Community""

    ""Postscript. Public Works: Stéphane Mallarmé's "Le Tombeau de Charles Baudelaire"""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments""