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Fictions of British Decadence

High Art, Popular Writing and the Fin De Siècle

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  • © 2006

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  1. Kirsten MacLeod
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Kirsten MacLeod
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Mystified Class Origins of Decadence

    • Kirsten MacLeod
    Pages 21-37

  4. Decadent Positionings: Decadence and the Literary Field

    • Kirsten MacLeod
    Pages 38-56

  5. The Birth of the Decadent in Fiction, 1884–89

    • Kirsten MacLeod
    Pages 57-77

  6. Writing Against Decadence, 1890–97

    • Kirsten MacLeod
    Pages 78-98

  7. Decadent Fiction Before the Keynotes Series

    • Kirsten MacLeod
    Pages 99-115

  8. ‘Keynotes’ of Decadence, 1894–95

    • Kirsten MacLeod
    Pages 116-134

  9. Decadence in the Shadow of the Wilde Trials and Beyond

    • Kirsten MacLeod
    Pages 135-148

  10. The Afterlife of the Decadents or, Life After Decadence

    • Kirsten MacLeod
    Pages 149-170

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 171-222
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Fictions of British Decadence is a fresh account of the emergence, development and legacy of fiction written in the era of Oscar Wilde. It examines a broad range of texts by a diverse array of Decadent writers, from familiar figures such as Ernest Dowson and John Davidson to lesser-known innovators such as Arthur Machen and M.P. Shiel.

About the author

KIRSTEN MACLEOD specializes in Anglo-American Modernist literature. Her publications include a critical edition of Marie Corelli's Wormwood and articles on Corelli, M.P. Shiel and American Decadent little magazines. She was a Harry Ransom Research Fellow 2004-2005, and is working on a book on Decadence and American Modernism.

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