Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture

Decadence, Ethics, Aesthetics

By: Patricia Pulham, Catherine Maxwell

Write A Review

Hardcover | 12 April 2006 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Hardcover
232 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.23 x 14.61 x 1.91

Hardcover

$84.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $21.25 with

or

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors A Vernon Lee Chronology Introduction; C.Maxwell & P.Pulham CREATIVE CONNECTIONS Vernon Lee and Eugene Lee-Hamilton; C.Maxwell Vernon Lee and the Pater Circle; L.Brake DECADENT DISSOLUTIONS 'Warming Me Like a Cordial': The Ethos of the Body in Vernon Lee's Aesthetics; C.A.Wiley Vernon Lee, Decadent Contamination and the Productivist Ethos; D.Denisoff QUEER CONTEXTS Vernon Lee and the Gender of Aestheticism; S.Evangelista The Snake Lady and the Bruised Bodley Head: Vernon Lee and Oscar Wilde in the Yellow Book ; M.D.Stetz Duality and Desire in Louis Norbert ; P.Pulham ART AND ARGUMENT Performing Pacifism: The Battle between The Artist and Author in The Ballet of the Nations ; G.Brockington Plural Anomalies: Gender and Sexuality in Bio-Critical Readings of Vernon Lee; J.Briggs The Handling of Words : Reader Response Victorian Style; C.Zorn Bibliography Index

Industry Reviews

'Vernon Lee: Decadence, Ethics, Aesthetics... plays an integral role in reinvigorating the literary reputation of one of the most important late-Victorian women writers.' - Kristin Mahoney, Victorian Studies

'a thoroughly stimulating, cogent, highly readable collection of essays, that will undoubtedly attract further critical attention to one of the most original interdisciplinary thinkers of her generation' - Shafquat Towheed, Nineteenth-Century Literature

'Maxwell and Pulham's joint Introduction sets the agenda with a rich biographical, cultural and critical contextualisation of Lee and her works... Catherine Maxwell and Patricia Pulham as well as Palgrave...are to be commended.' - Matthew Mitton, Women: A Cultural Review

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $89.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

More in Philosophy & Aesthetics

In Praise of Shadows and Other Essays - Junichiro Tanizaki

$23.75

15%
OFF

The Beauty of Everyday Things

Penguin Modern Classics

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

Why Sound Matters

Why X Matters Series

Hardcover

RRP $39.95

$31.75

21%
OFF

Color Charts

A History

Hardcover

RRP $89.99

$68.75

24%
OFF

The Practice

Paperback

RRP $32.99

$26.99

18%
OFF

Poetics

Penguin Classics

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$20.75

23%
OFF

$20.75

23%
OFF

Selah

A By Akmolfe Reader

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$33.99

Fist : Object Lessons - nelle (Freelance writer, Philadelphia, USA) mills

$20.75

23%
OFF

Distinction

A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$33.75

Semiotics : The Basics - Daniel Chandler

$44.75

23%
OFF

Birds, Sex and Beauty

The extraordinary implications of Charles Darwin's strangest idea

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

The Love of Analog

Meditations on Value

Hardcover

RRP $95.00

$93.99

$184.75

12%
OFF

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface and Acknowledgements	p. x
Notes on Contributors	p. xiii
Vernon Lee: A Brief Chronology	p. xvi
Introduction	p. 1
Creative Connections
Vernon Lee and Eugene Lee-Hamilton	p. 21
Vernon Lee and the Pater Circle	p. 40
Decadent Dissolutions
'Warming Me Like a Cordial': The Ethos of the Body in Vernon Lee's Aesthetics	p. 58
Vernon Lee, Decadent Contamination and the Productivist Ethos	p. 75
Queer Contexts
Vernon Lee and the Gender of Aestheticism	p. 91
The Snake Lady and the Bruised Bodley Head: Vernon Lee and Oscar Wilde in the Yellow Book	p. 112
Duality and Desire in Louis Norbert	p. 123
Art and Argument
Performing Pacifism: The Battle between Artist and Author in The Ballet of the Nations	p. 143
Plural Anomalies: Gender and Sexuality in Bio-Critical Readings of Vernon Lee	p. 160
The Handling of Words: Reader Response Victorian Style	p. 174
Bibliography	p. 193
Index	p. 205
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture

Decadence, Ethics, Aesthetics

At a Glance

Hardcover

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Philosophy & Aesthetics

In Praise of Shadows and Other Essays

Aesthetics and the Art of Living in the Zagros Mountains of Iran

Shop Class as Soulcraft

An Inquiry into the Value of Work

Either/Or

A Fragment of Life