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The Decadent Short Story: An Annotated Anthology
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The Decadent Short Story: An Annotated Anthology

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This wide-ranging anthology showcases for the first time the short story as the most attractive medium through which writers experiment with Decadent themes and styles. Ranging from works by Ernest Dowson, George Egerton and Charlotte Mew to those of Arthur Symons, Joseph Conrad and Oscar Wilde, the 36 stories demonstrate ideas of class, gender, sexuality, and science as well as the Gothic, social satire, Symbolist fantasy, fairy tale, Naturalism/Realism, Impressionism, erotica, and the scientific romance.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Date
31 December 2014
Pages
432
ISBN
9780748692149

This wide-ranging anthology showcases for the first time the short story as the most attractive medium through which writers experiment with Decadent themes and styles. Ranging from works by Ernest Dowson, George Egerton and Charlotte Mew to those of Arthur Symons, Joseph Conrad and Oscar Wilde, the 36 stories demonstrate ideas of class, gender, sexuality, and science as well as the Gothic, social satire, Symbolist fantasy, fairy tale, Naturalism/Realism, Impressionism, erotica, and the scientific romance.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Date
31 December 2014
Pages
432
ISBN
9780748692149