Book contents
- Decadent Ecology In British Literature And Art, 1860–1910
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- Decadent Ecology In British Literature And Art, 1860–1910
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Decadent Ecology and the Pagan Revival
- Chapter 2 “Up & down & horribly natural”
- Chapter 3 The Lick of Love
- Chapter 4 The Genius Loci as Spirited Vagabond in Robert Louis Stevenson and Vernon Lee
- Chapter 5 Occult Ecology and the Decadent Feminism of Moina Mathers and Florence Farr
- Chapter 6 Sinking Feeling
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Chapter 1 - Decadent Ecology and the Pagan Revival
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2021
Book contents
- Decadent Ecology In British Literature And Art, 1860–1910
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- Decadent Ecology In British Literature And Art, 1860–1910
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Decadent Ecology and the Pagan Revival
- Chapter 2 “Up & down & horribly natural”
- Chapter 3 The Lick of Love
- Chapter 4 The Genius Loci as Spirited Vagabond in Robert Louis Stevenson and Vernon Lee
- Chapter 5 Occult Ecology and the Decadent Feminism of Moina Mathers and Florence Farr
- Chapter 6 Sinking Feeling
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Summary
Chapter one defines and historically situates the intersections among decadence, ecology, and the pagan revival in literature and art. Noting ecological, scientific, classist, nationalist, and imperialist aspects of decadence in its earliest articulations, focus is given to the shifting formulations of modern decadence in particular by such influential writers as Charles Baudelaire, Paul Bourget, and Max Nordau, the chapter offers close analyses of works by Algernon Swinburne such as his poem ‘The Leper’ (1866) and the Pre-Raphaelite artist Frederick Sandys such as his painting Medea (1868) that demonstrate the complex interplay across these concepts.
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- Decadent Ecology in British Literature and Art, 1860–1910Decay, Desire, and the Pagan Revival, pp. 7 - 33Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021