Extraordinary Aesthetes - Decadents, New Women, and Fin-de-Siecle Culture (Hardcover)

The fin de siecle not only designated the end of the Victorian epoch but also marked a significant turn toward modernism. Extraordinary Aesthetes critically examines literary and visual artists from England, Ireland, and Scotland whose careers in poetry, fiction, and illustration flourished during the concluding years of the nineteenth century. This collection draws special attention to the exceptional contributions that artists, poets, and novelists made to the cultural world of the late 1880s and 1890s. The essays illuminate a range of established, increasingly acknowledged, and lesser-known figures whose contributions to this brief but remarkably intense cultural period warrant close attention. Such figures include the critically neglected Mabel Dearmer, whose stunning illustrations appear in Evelyn Sharp's radical fairy tales for children. Equally noteworthy is the uncompromising short fiction of Ella D'Arcy, who played a pivotal role in editing the most famous journal of the 1890s, the Yellow Book. The discussion extends to a range of legendary writers, including Max Beerbohm, Oscar Wilde, and W.B. Yeats, whose works are placed in dialogue with authors who gained prominence during this period. Bringing women's writing to the fore, Extraordinary Aesthetes rebalances the achievements of artists and writers during the rapidly transforming cultural world of the fin de siecle.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series, 32
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Joseph Bristow
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	376
ISBN-13:	978-1-4875-4608-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Art of indigenous peoples Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600 > Mannerism (c 1530-1600) Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1600 to 1800 > Classicism > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4875-4608-4
Barcode:	9781487546083

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