Table of Contents

Introduction Gail Marshall; 1. Psychology at the fin de siècle Jenny Bourne Taylor; 2. Decadence and aestheticism Dennis Denisoff; 3. Sexual identity at the fin de siècle Richard A. Kaye; 4. Socialism and radicalism William Greenslade; 5. Empire Ross G. Forman; 6. Publishing industries and practices Margaret D. Stetz; 7. The visual arts Shearer West; 8. The New Woman and feminist fictions Sally Ledger; 9. Realism Stephen Arata; 10. The fantastic fiction of the fin de siècle Nicholas Ruddick; 11. Varieties of performance at the turn of the century John Stokes; 12. Poetry Marion Thain; Guide to further reading; Index.

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A collection of essays concerning the literature and culture of the fin de siècle period.

About the Author

Gail Marshall is Reader in Nineteenth-Century Literature at Oxford Brookes University.

Reviews

"...the essays in the Cambridge Companion to the Fin de Siecle crystallize the period's key concepts, influences, and patterns of thought in clear, illuminating, and unusually insightful ways largely free of obfuscating jargon."
-Chris Snodgrass, University of Florida, English Literature in Transition

"As someone who teaches fin de sie`cle courses every semester, I am very pleased to see the publication of The Cambridge Companion to the Fin de Sie`cle. Finally there is a collection of useful overviews ofmajor topics in the period to which I can direct my students.”
-Talia Schaffer,Queens College and the Graduate Center