Weir David (Professor Emeritus Of Comparative Literature Professor Emeritus Of Comparative Literature Cooper Union)
Weir David (Professor Emeritus Of Comparative Literature Professor Emeritus Of Comparative Literature Cooper Union) - Decadence: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback
Weir David (Professor Emeritus Of Comparative Literature Professor Emeritus Of Comparative Literature Cooper Union) - Decadence: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback
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Description: The historical trajectory of decadent culture runs from ancient Rome to nineteenth - century Paris Victorian London fin de si cle Vienna Weimar Berlin and beyond. The first of these the decline of Rome provides the pattern for both aesthetic and social decadence a pattern that artists and writers in the nineteenth century imitated emulated parodied and otherwise manipulated for aesthetic gain. What begins as the moral condemnation of modernity in mid - nineteenth century France on the part of decadent authors such as Charles Baudelaire ends up as the perverse celebration of the pessimism that imperial decline whether real or imagined involves. This delight in decline informs the so - called breviary or even bible of decadence from Joris - Karl Huysmans's Rebours Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray Aubrey Beardsley's drawings Gustav Klimt's paintings and numerous other works. In this Very Short Introduction David Weir explores these conflicting attitudes towards modernity present in decadent culture by examining the difference between aesthetic decadence - - the excess of artifice - - and social decadence which involves excess in a variety of forms whether perversely pleasurable or gratuitously cruel. Such contrariness between aesthetic and social decadence led some of its practitioners to substitute art for life and to stress the importance of taste over morality a maneuver with far - reaching consequences especially as decadence enters the realm of popular culture today. About THE Series: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket - sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Title: Decadence: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Weir David (Professor Emeritus Of Comparative Literature Professor Emeritus Of Comparative Literature Cooper Union)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190610227
Pages: 160 Pages, 10 Illustrations
Publication Date: 4/10/2018
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Social & Cultural History
Description: The historical trajectory of decadent culture runs from ancient Rome to nineteenth - century Paris Victorian London fin de si cle Vienna Weimar Berlin and beyond. The first of these the decline of Rome provides the pattern for both aesthetic and social decadence a pattern that artists and writers in the nineteenth century imitated emulated parodied and otherwise manipulated for aesthetic gain. What begins as the moral condemnation of modernity in mid - nineteenth century France on the part of decadent authors such as Charles Baudelaire ends up as the perverse celebration of the pessimism that imperial decline whether real or imagined involves. This delight in decline informs the so - called breviary or even bible of decadence from Joris - Karl Huysmans's Rebours Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray Aubrey Beardsley's drawings Gustav Klimt's paintings and numerous other works. In this Very Short Introduction David Weir explores these conflicting attitudes towards modernity present in decadent culture by examining the difference between aesthetic decadence - - the excess of artifice - - and social decadence which involves excess in a variety of forms whether perversely pleasurable or gratuitously cruel. Such contrariness between aesthetic and social decadence led some of its practitioners to substitute art for life and to stress the importance of taste over morality a maneuver with far - reaching consequences especially as decadence enters the realm of popular culture today. About THE Series: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket - sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Title: Decadence: A Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Weir David (Professor Emeritus Of Comparative Literature Professor Emeritus Of Comparative Literature Cooper Union)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190610227
Pages: 160 Pages, 10 Illustrations
Publication Date: 4/10/2018
Series: Very Short Introductions
Category: Social & Cultural History
