Regenia Gagnier, Individualism, Decadence and Globalization. On the Relationship of Part to Whole, 1859–1920

Regenia Gagnier’s knowledgeable and wide-ranging study explores various manifestations of Decadence and its links to different versions of globalisation. Taking her cue from Bourget’s well-known definition of the decadent style as the independence of the parts from the whole, she argues first that...

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Hlavní autor: Coste, Bénédicte
Médium: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jazyk:Anglais
Vydáno: Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens 2015
On-line přístup:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Shrnutí:Regenia Gagnier’s knowledgeable and wide-ranging study explores various manifestations of Decadence and its links to different versions of globalisation. Taking her cue from Bourget’s well-known definition of the decadent style as the independence of the parts from the whole, she argues first that the development of the parts, as exemplified in the late-nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries, can be seen both as a thought experiment and, in some cases, as a real experiment concerni...