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The contributors to Perennial Decay approach the question of decadence afresh, reevaluating the continuing importance of late nineteenth-century decadence for contemporary literary and cultural studies.

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"This splendid collection of essays, with its lucid, witty, and masterful introduction by the editors, will transform our understanding of the decadent aesthetic, and demonstrate its relevance to a wide range of important literature and art in Europe, England, the United States, and Latin America in the past 150 years. It is required and rewarding reading." * Elaine Showalter, Princeton University *

Perennial Decay

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    A Paperback / softback by Liz Constable, Dennis Denisoff, Matthew Potolsky

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      Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 1 January 1998
      ISBN-13 9780812216783
      978-0812216783
      ISBN-10 0812216784

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The contributors to Perennial Decay approach the question of decadence afresh, reevaluating the continuing importance of late nineteenth-century decadence for contemporary literary and cultural studies.

      Trade Review
      "This splendid collection of essays, with its lucid, witty, and masterful introduction by the editors, will transform our understanding of the decadent aesthetic, and demonstrate its relevance to a wide range of important literature and art in Europe, England, the United States, and Latin America in the past 150 years. It is required and rewarding reading." * Elaine Showalter, Princeton University *

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