Publication
London: Historical Publications, 2005
ISBN
1905286074 / 9781905286072
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Description
The last decade of the 19th century was an extraordinary one in the history of the arts in London. Against the background of an oppressive moral and religious establishment a group of artists, writers and poets struck out in an entirely different and subversive direction. The most famous, and later reviled, exponent of a different approach to life was Oscar Wilde, but in this book a wide circle of enthusiasts for 'decadence' are described.
Decadent London surveys the London of the 1890s, the pleasures to be had in the rich and poorer parts of the city, when unexpectedly the restraints of the Victorian ethos were for a time cast aside."
- inside front flap
Contents:
Prologue: London in the 1890s
Decadents and degenerates
Decadent City
Decadent Pleasures
Decadent Entertainment
Decadent Culture
Decadent Underworld
Bibliography
Index
The last decade of the 19th century was an extraordinary one in the history of the arts in London. Against the background of an oppressive moral and religious establishment a group of artists, writers and poets struck out in an entirely different and subversive direction. The most famous, and later reviled, exponent of a different approach to life was Oscar Wilde, but in this book a wide circle of enthusiasts for 'decadence' are described.
Decadent London surveys the London of the 1890s, the pleasures to be had in the rich and poorer parts of the city, when unexpectedly the restraints of the Victorian ethos were for a time cast aside."
- inside front flap
Contents:
Prologue: London in the 1890s
Decadents and degenerates
Decadent City
Decadent Pleasures
Decadent Entertainment
Decadent Culture
Decadent Underworld
Bibliography
Index