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Author:

Potolsky, Matthew.

Title:

The decadent republic of letters : taste, politics, and cosmopolitan community from Baudelaire to Beardsley / Matthew Potolsky.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

232 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Decadence (Literary movement)--England.
Decadence (Literary movement)--France.
English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
French literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Literature and society--England--History--19th century.
Literature and society--France--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-224) and index.

Contents:

Introduction. "Workers of the final hour" -- "Partisan inconnus": aesthetic community and the public good in Baudelaire -- The politics of appreciation: Gautier and Swinburne on Baudelaire -- Golden books: Pater, Huysmans, and decadent canonization -- A mirror for teachers: decadent pedagogy and public education -- A republic of (nothing but) letters: some versions of decadent community -- Postscript. Public works: Stéphane Mallarmé's "Le tombeau de Charles Baudelaire."

Series:

Haney Foundation series

ISBN:

0812244494 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780812244496 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)785870975

LCCN:

2012014203

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)