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
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 |
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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