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| 13418. ANTI-AESTHETICISM IN THE LITERATURE OF THE 1890S (WILDE, DU MAURIER, NORDAU). Examines the aesthetic poses of the find-de-siecle, and the popular response to decadent theories of art for art's sake. Compares Oscar Wilde's views on art expressed in Dorian Gray and Decay of Lying with the best-selling anti-aesthetic novel Trilby by Du Maurier and the cultural critique of Max Nordau in the tract Degeneration. 14 pages, 21 footnotes, 7 bibliographic sources. |
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