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The Jewish decadence : Jews and the aesthetics of modernity / by Freedman, Jonathan,1954-author.(CARDINAL)856022; University of Chicago.Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)153865;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Freedman's final book is a tour de force that examines the history of Jewish involvement in the decadent art movement. While decadent art's most notorious practitioner was Oscar Wilde, as a movement it spread through western Europe and even included a few adherents in Russia. Jewish writers and artists such as Catulle Mèndes, Gustav Kahn, and Simeon Solomon would portray non-stereotyped characters and produce highly influential works. After decadent art's peak, Walter Benjamin, Marcel Proust, and Sigmund Freud would take up the idiom of decadence and carry it with them during the cultural transition to modernism. Freedman expertly and elegantly takes readers through this transition and beyond, showing the lineage of Jewish decadence all the way through to the end of the twentieth century"--
Subjects: Decadence (Literary movement); Decadence in art.; Civilization, Modern;
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Decadence and Catholicism / by Hanson, Ellis,1965-(CARDINAL)683898;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-394) and index.
Subjects: Catholics in literature.; Catholics; Decadence (Literary movement); Literature, Modern; Religion and literature.;
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Sexual personae. by Paglia, Camille,1947-(CARDINAL)774665;
Bibliography: pages 675-700.
Subjects: Literature, Modern; Literature, Modern; Decadence (Literary movement); Decadence in literature.; Paganism in literature.; Sex in literature.; Paganism in art.; Romanticism.; Sex in art.; Arts.;
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Sexual personae : art and decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson / by Paglia, Camille,1947-(CARDINAL)774665;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 675-700) and index.Reprint. Originally published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1990
Subjects: Arts.; Decadence (Literary movement); Literature, Modern; Literature, Modern; Paganism in art.; Paganism in literature.; Romanticism.; Sex in art.; Sex in literature.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Collected poems / by Sanchez, Sonia,1934-author.(CARDINAL)711044;
"A representative collection of the life work of the much-honored poet and a founder of the Black Arts movement, spanning four decades of her literary career"--
Subjects: Poetry.; African American poets.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Ferlinghetti [videorecording] a rebirth of wonder / by Collins, Billy.(CARDINAL)288167; Felver, Christopher,1946-; Felver, Christopher,1946-drt; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence.(CARDINAL)150671; Ginsberg, Allen,1926-1997.(CARDINAL)146135; Hopper, Dennis,1936-2010.; First-Run Features (Firm); NY Noise Productions.;
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Dennis Hopper, Billy Collins.This incisive and entertaining portrait of American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti explores his vital role as catalyst for numerous literary careers and for the Beat movement itself. Interviews with Ferlinghetti and others reveal a rich mľange of characters and events that unfolded in postwar America. In 1953 Ferlinghetti opened City Lights Bookstore, which quickly evolved into an iconic institution symbolizing social change and literary freedom. Six decades later, it is still going.DVD, widescreen.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence.; Beats (Persons); Authors, American;
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The great Gatsby [audio-enabled device] by Fitzgerald, F. Scott(Francis Scott),1896-1940,author.(CARDINAL)138276; Waters, Jonathan,narrator.; Findaway World, LLC.(CARDINAL)345268; In Audio (Firm).; Playaway Digital Audio.(CARDINAL)565887;
Read by Jon Waters.In one of the most beloved works of 20th century literature, readers step into the decadent but tumultuous life of Nick Carraway, a young man looking to make his way in the bustling New York City business world. He soon meets Gatsby, his mysterious neighbor known for throwing extravagant galas in his gilded home. Jay Gatsby is a man of extravagant taste and has great wealth, but only wants what he cant have - Daisy Buchanan, a flighty debutante married to an unfaithful husband. What ensues is both a beautiful, heartbreaking story of love and desire, but also a critical examination of the values and vices of Jazz Age New York City. The extravagance, carelessness and greed of society give the characters all the thrills and adventure they could ask for, but are ultimately the cause of their downfall. Despite The Great Gatsby initially being considered a failure, it was re-discovered in the 1940s, and has become a staple of American literature. Regarded as one of the most important works of the modernist literary movement, and is F. Scott Fitzgeralds most well-known novel. It has been adapted countless times for nearly every creative medium, and is commonly referred to as "the Great American novel.Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Fiction.; Buchanan, Daisy (Fictitious character).; Carraway, Nick (Fictitious character).; Gatsby, Jay (Fictitious character).;
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Lesbian decadence : representations in art and literature of fin-de-siècle France / by Albert, Nicole G.,author.(CARDINAL)899177; Erber, Nancy,1951-translator.(CARDINAL)899151; Peniston, William A.,1959-translator.(CARDINAL)270739; Harrington Park Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)899178;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 1857 the French poet Charles Baudelaire, who was fascinated by lesbianism, created a scandal with Les Fleurs du Mal [The Flowers of Evil]. This collection was originally entitled "The Lesbians" and described women as "femmes damn es, " with "disordered souls" suffering in a hypocritical world. Then twenty years later, lesbians in Paris dared to flaunt themselves in that extraordinarily creative period at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries which became known as the Belle poque. Lesbian Decadence, now available in English for the first time, provides a new analysis and synthesis of the depiction of lesbianism as a social phenomenon and a symptom of social malaise as well as a fantasy in that most vibrant place and period in history. In this newly translated work, praised by leading critics as "authoritative, " "stunning, " and "a marvel of elegance and erudition, " Nicole G. Albert analyzes and synthesizes an engagingly rich sweep of historical representations of the lesbian mystique in art and literature. Albert contrasts these visions to moralists' abrupt condemnations of "the lesbian vice, " as well as the newly emerging psychiatric establishment's medical fury and their obsession on cataloging and classifying symptoms of "inversion" or "perversion" in order to cure these "unbalanced creatures of love." Lesbian Decadence combines literary, artistic, and historical analysis of sources from the mainstream to the rare, from scholarly studies to popular culture. The English translation provides a core reference/text for those interested in the Decadent movement, in literary history, in French history and social history. It is well suited for courses in gender studies, women's studies, LGBT history, and lesbianism in literature, history, and art.--
Subjects: Lesbian history; Lesbian literary criticism; LGBTQ+ history; LGBTQ+ literary criticism; Queer history; Queer literary criticism; Male gaze; Lesbianism; Lesbians in art; Lesbians in literature; Lesbianism in art; Lesbianism in literature; Gay and lesbian studies.;
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Fairy tales for the disillusioned : enchanted stories from the French decadent tradition / by Schultz, Gretchen,1960-editor,translator.(CARDINAL)654751; Seifert, Lewis Carl,editor,translator.(CARDINAL)435593;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249).TALES. Charles Baudelaire: Fairies' gifts -- Alphonse Daudet: The fairies of France -- Catulle Mendes: Dreaming beauty ; Isolina / Isolin ; The way to heaven ; An unsuitable guest ; The three good fairies ; The last fairy ; The lucky find ; The wish granted, Alas! -- Jules Lemaitre: The suitors of princess Mimi ; Liette's notions ; On the margins of Perrault's fairy tales : The white rabbit and the four-leaf clover -- Paul Arene: The ogresses -- Jules Ricard: Fairy Morgane's tales : Nocturne II -- Marcel Schwob: Bluebeard's little wife ; The green she-devil ; Cice ; Mandosiane -- Willy: Fairy tales for the disillusioned -- Henri de Regnier: The Llving door knocker -- Rachilde: The mortis -- Jacques d'Adelsward-Fersen: Sleeping beauty didn't wake up -- Jean Lorrain: Princess of the red lilies ; Princess snowflower ; Mandosiane in captivity -- Renee Vivien: Prince charming -- Albert Mockel: The story of the prince of Valandeuse ; The pleasant surprise -- Pierre Veber: The last fairy ; Anatole France: The seven wives of bluebeard ; The story of the Duchess of Cicogne and of Monsieur de Boulingrin -- Emile Bergerat: The 28-kilometer boots ; Cinderella arrives by automobile -- Guillaume Apollinaire: Cinderella continued, or the rat and the six lizards -- Claude Cahun: Cinderella, the humble and haughty child."The wolf is tricked by Red Riding Hood into strangling her grandmother and is subsequently arrested. Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella do not live happily ever after. And the fairies are saucy, angry, and capricious. Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned collects thirty-six tales, many newly translated, by writers associated with the decadent literary movement, which flourished in France in the late nineteenth century. Written by such creative luminaries as Charles Baudelaire, Anatole France, and Guillaume Apollinaire, these enchanting yet troubling stories reflect the concerns and fascinations of a time of great political, social, and cultural change. Recasting well-known favorites from classic French fairy tales, as well as Arthurian legends and English and German tales, the updated interpretations in this collection allow for more perverse settings and disillusioned perspectives--a trademark style and ethos of the decadent tradition. In these stories, characters puncture the optimism of the naive, talismans don't work, and the most deserving don't always get the best rewards. The fairies are commonly victims of modern cynicism and technological advancement, but just as often are dangerous creatures corrupted by contemporary society. The collection underlines such decadent themes as the decline of civilization, the degeneration of magic and the unreal, gender confusion, and the incursion of the industrial. The volume editors provide an informative introduction, biographical notes for each author, and explanatory notes throughout. Subverting the conventions of the traditional fairy tale, these old tales made new will entertain and startle even the most disenchanted readers."--Jacket.
Subjects: Fiction.; Children's stories, French; Fairy tales; French fiction; French fiction;
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Still mad : American women writers and the feminist imagination, 1950-2020 / by Gilbert, Sandra M.,author.(CARDINAL)735291; Gubar, Susan,1944-author.(CARDINAL)719345;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-412) and index."A brilliant, sweeping history of the contemporary women's movement told through the lives and works of the literary women who shaped it. Forty years after their first groundbreaking work of feminist literary theory, The Madwoman in the Attic, award-winning collaborators Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar map the literary history of feminism's second wave. In Still Mad, they offer lively readings of major works by such writers as Sylvia Plath, Lorraine Hansberry, Adrienne Rich, Ursula K. Le Guin, Maxine Hong Kingston, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Toni Morrison. To address shifting social attitudes over seven decades, they discuss polemics by thinkers from Kate Millett and Susan Sontag to Audre Lorde, Andrea Dworkin, and Judith Butler. As Gilbert and Gubar chart feminist gains-including creative new forms of protests and changing attitudes toward gender and sexuality-they show how the legacies of second wave feminists, and the misogynistic culture they fought, extend to the present. In doing so, they celebrate the diversity and urgency of women who have turned passionate rage into powerful writing"--
Subjects: American literature; Feminism and literature; Feminism and literature; Women and literature; Women and literature; American literature; American literature;
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