JACKSON, Holbrook (1874-1948)
The eighteen nineties : a review of art and ideas at the close of the nineteenth century / by Holbrook JACKSON
New Edition Hardcover London : Jonathan Cape, 1927 




Book Publishing Details
Author: JACKSON, Holbrook (1874-1948)
Full title:The eighteen nineties : a review of art and ideas at the close of the nineteenth century / by Holbrook JACKSON
Publisher:London : Jonathan Cape, 1927
Edition:New Edition
Binding:Hardcover
ISBN:No ISBN
Book ID:406617
Comments & Item Features
New Edition. Language: English. ISBN: No ISBN.

Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall.

Physical description: 304 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes chapter on Rudyard Kipling on pages 231-243. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Fin de Siecle: 1890-1900 -- Personalities and tendencies -- The decadence -- Oscar Wilde: the last phase -- Aubrey Beardsley -- The new dandyism -- The incomparable Max -- Shocking as a fine art -- Purple patches and fine phrases -- The discovery of the Celt -- The minor poet -- Francis Thompson -- John Davidson -- Enter: G.B.S. [George Bernard Shaw] -- The higher drama -- The new fiction -- Rudyard Kipling -- Art and life -- The revival of printing -- British Impressionists -- In black and white. Subjects: 1800-1899; English literature 19th century History and criticism; Art Great Britain; Litt�rature anglaise 19e si�cle Histoire et critique; Art Grande-Bretagne; Art.; English literature; Intellectual life; Aesthetics; Art, Modern 19th century; Literature, Modern; Aesthetic movement(British art) History, 1890-1900; Great Britain Intellectual life; Grande-Bretagne Vie intellectuelle; Great Britain.



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Physical description: 304 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes chapter on Rudyard Kipling on pages 231-243. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Fin de Siecle: 1890-1900 -- Personalities and tendencies -- The decadence -- Oscar Wilde: the last phase -- Aubrey Beardsley -- The new dandyism -- The incomparable Max -- Shocking as a fine art -- Purple patches and fine phrases -- The discovery of the Celt -- The minor poet -- Francis Thompson -- John Davidson -- Enter: G.B.S. [George Bernard Shaw] -- The higher drama -- The new fiction -- Rudyard Kipling -- Art and life -- The revival of printing -- British Impressionists -- In black and white. Subjects: 1800-1899; English literature 19th century History and criticism; Art