Individualism, Decadence and Globalization: On the Relationship of Part to Whole, 1859–1920 - Couverture souple

Gagnier, Regenia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1349319953 ISBN 13 : 9781349319954

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Synopsis

Beginning with a widespread definition of Decadence as when individual parts flourish at the expense of the whole, Regenia Gagnier - a leading cultural historian of late nineteenth-century Britain - shows the full range of meanings of individualism at the height of its promise.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

REGENIA GAGNIER has held chairs at Stanford University, USA, and the University of Exeter, UK, where she is currently Professor of English and Director of Exeter Interdisciplinary Institute. She has also taught at Berkeley and Oxford. Her previous books include Idylls of the Marketplace, Subjectivities: A History of Self-Representation in Britain 1832-1920 and The Insatiability of Human Wants: Economics and Aesthetics in Market Society. She is also Editor in Chief of Literature Compass and Director of its Global Circulation Project and President of the British Association for Victorian Studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1349319953
• ISBN 13: 9781349319954
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 228
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