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Individualism, Decadence and Globalization - (Language, Discourse, Society) by Regenia Gagnier (Hardcover)
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- 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.
- About the Author: 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.
- 219 Pages
- Literary Criticism, European
- Series Name: Language, Discourse, Society
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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.Review Quotes
'...knowledgeable and wide-ranging...' - Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
About the Author
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.Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.6 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .85 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 219
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: European
Series Title: Language, Discourse, Society
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Format: Hardcover
Author: Regenia Gagnier
Language: English
Street Date: April 9, 2010
TCIN: 1001555466
UPC: 9780230247437
Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-6619
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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