Cultural Politics at the Fin de Siècle - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521443857 ISBN 13: 9780521443852

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Cultural Politics at the Fin de Siècle scrutinises ways in which current conflicts of 'race', class, and gender have their origins in the cultural politics of the last fin de siècle, whose influence stretched from the 1890s, when economic depression signalled the end of Britain's role as 'the workshop of the world', to 1914 when world war accelerated imperial decline. This collaborative venture by new and established scholars includes discussion of the 'New Woman', the reconstruction of masculinities, and of feminism and empire. The imperialist theme is pursued in essays on Yeats and Ireland, Gilbert and Sullivan, and the figure of the vampire. The rise of socialism and psychoanalysis, and the relationship between nascent modernism and late twentieth-century postmodernism are also addressed in this radical account.

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Book Description:

The end-of-century experience is generating intense interest among contemporary critics. This wide-ranging collaborative venture examines ways in which current conflicts of 'race', class, and gender have their origins in the cultural politics of the last fin de siècle.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521443857
• ISBN 13: 9780521443852
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 345
• Editor: Ledger Sally, McCracken Scott