The Edinburgh Companion to Fin-de-Siècle Literature, Culture and the Arts / / Josephine M. Guy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Guy, Josephine M.,
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, Jad,; Burstein, Miriam Elizabeth,; Chapman, Alison,; Coit, Emily,; Dwor, Richa,; Easley, Alexis,; Evangelista, Stefano,; Freeman, Nick,; Guy, Josephine M.,; Linge, Ina,; Lyons, Sara,; MacLeod, Kirsten,; Markey, Anne,; McCracken-Flesher, Caroline,; Menke, Richard,; Monsman, Gerald,; Ponsonby, Margaret,; Reitz, Caroline,; Robinson, Jo,; Smith, Andrew,; Stokes, John,; Vaninskaya, Anna,; indso, Catherine,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (464 p.) :; 28 B/W illustrations 11 colour illustrations

Explores the significance of the British fin de siècle in Scotland and Ireland, as well as some regional cities in EnglandThe late nineteenth-century fin de siècle has proved an enduringly fascinating moment in literary and cultural history. It is associated with the emergence of intriguing figures—such as the 'new woman' and 'uranian'; with contradictory impulses—of decadence and decay on the one hand, and of experiment and renewal, on the other; as well as with unprecedented intercultural exchange, especially between Britain and France. The 22 newly-commissioned essays collected here re-examine some of the key concepts taken to define the fin de siècle, while also introducing hitherto overlooked cultural phenomena into the frame, such as the importance of humanitarianism. The impact of recent research in material culture is explored, particularly how the history of the book and the history of performance culture is changing our understanding of this period. A wide range of cultural activities is discussed—from participation in avant-garde theatre to interior decoration and from the writing of poetry to political and religious activism. Together, the essays provide new scholarly insights into British fin de siècle and enrich our understanding of this complex period, while paying particular attention to the importance of regionalism.Key FeaturesContains a re-examination of some of the key concepts taken to define the fin de siècle, such as Decadence, while also introducing new concepts into the frame, such as the importance, at the time, of humanitarianisExamines the significance of the fin de siècle in Scotland and Ireland, as well as in some regions of EnglandExamines how attention to material culture, and particularly to the history of the book and the history of performance culture, is changing our understanding of this periodDiscusses a range of cultural activities, from participation in avant-garde theatre to interior decoration, and from the writing of poetry to political and religious activism

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Plates -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. Concepts -- 1 Decadence and Institutions of Modernism in the American Literary Field of the 1910s and 1920s -- 2 The Matter of Form: Fin-de-Siècle Illustrated Poetry and the Periodical Press -- 3 Curious Intricacies: Some Versions of City Writing at the Fin de Siècle -- 4 Gothic Aesthetics -- 5 Catholicism and the Fin de Siècle -- 6 Secularism and Secularisation at the Fin de Siècle -- 7 The Claims of Kinship: Humanitarian Ideals at the Century’s End -- 8 Information in the 1890s: Technological, Journalistic, Imperial, Occult -- II. Places -- 9 Fin-de-Siècle Scotland -- 10 The Irish Fin de Siècle -- 11 Providing an Ideal Home: Paternalism and Persuasion at Bournville 1895–1914 -- 12 Theatre in the Provinces at the Fin de Siècle: Beyond Outcast London -- 13 ‘Truth About Russia’: Russia in Britain at the Fin de Siècle -- 14 Aestheticism in Italy: A New Sense of Place -- III. Identities: Female -- 15 The 1890s Woman -- 16 When a Bestselling Author and a West End Actress Made a Spiritualist Performance: Collaboration, Networks and Theatre at the Fin de Siècle -- 17 Intergenerational Collaboration and Conflict: Women’s Periodicals at the Fin de Siècle -- 18 Lily Montagu and Liberal Judaism -- 19 American Nervousness: Motherhood and ‘The Mental Activity of Women’ in the Era of Sexual Anarchy -- IV. Identities: Male -- 20 German and British Sexual Sciences Across Disciplines at the Fin de Siècle: ‘Homosexuals’, ‘Inverts’ and ‘Uranians’ -- 21 The Anglo-African Adventure Novel in the 1890s -- 22 The Fin-de-Siècle Detective: ‘But My Job Don’t End There’ -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Plates