Cultural Politics at the Fin de Siècle

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511553707

Cultural Politics at the Fin de Siècle scrutinises ways in which current conflicts of 'race', class, and gender have their origins in the cultural politics of the last fin de siècle, whose influence stretched from the 1890s, when economic depression signalled the end of Britain's role as 'the workshop of the world', to 1914 when world war accelerated imperial decline. This collaborative venture by new and established scholars includes discussion of the 'New Woman', the reconstruction of masculinities, and of feminism and empire. The imperialist theme is pursued in essays on Yeats and Ireland, Gilbert and Sullivan, and the figure of the vampire. The rise of socialism and psychoanalysis, and the relationship between nascent modernism and late twentieth-century postmodernism are also addressed in this radical account.

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List of illustrations
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Notes on contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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- By Sally Ledger, Scott McCracken
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1 - The flight to the real
pp 11-21
- By Terry Eagleton
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2 - The New Woman and the crisis of Victorianism
pp 22-44
- By Sally Ledger
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3 - Empire, ‘race’ and feminism at the fin de siècle: the work of George Egerton and Olive Schreiner
pp 45-65
- By Laura Chrisman
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4 - W. B. Yeats and Irish cultural politics in the 1890s
pp 66-84
- By Stephen Regan
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5 - The double lives of man: narration and identification in late nineteenth-century representations of ec-centric masculinities
pp 85-114
- By Ed Cohen
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6 - Henry James and the spectacle of loss: psychoanalytic metaphysics
pp 115-136
- By Marcia Ian
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7 - ‘A very curious construction’: masculinity and the poetry of A. E. Housman and Oscar Wilde
pp 137-159
- By Ruth Robbins
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8 - The Pilgrims of Hope: William Morris and the dialectic of romanticism
pp 160-183
- By Anne Janowitz
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9 - Urban utopias: socialism, religion and the city, 1880 to 1900
pp 184-201
- By Lynne Hapgood
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10 - Vampires and the empire: fears and fictions of the 1890s
pp 202-220
- By Alexandra Warwick
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11 - Utopia, Limited: nationalism, empire and parody in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan
pp 221-247
- By Carolyn Williams
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12 - Technologies of monstrosity: Bram Stoker's Dracula
pp 248-266
- By Judith Halberstam
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13 - Postmodernism, a Chance to reread?
pp 267-289
- By Scott McCracken
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14 - Is market society the fin of history?
pp 290-310
- By Regenia Gagnier
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of illustrations
pp ix-x

Notes on contributors
pp xi-xiv

Acknowledgements
pp xv-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-10

1 - The flight to the real
pp 11-21

2 - The New Woman and the crisis of Victorianism
pp 22-44

3 - Empire, ‘race’ and feminism at the fin de siècle: the work of George Egerton and Olive Schreiner
pp 45-65

4 - W. B. Yeats and Irish cultural politics in the 1890s
pp 66-84

5 - The double lives of man: narration and identification in late nineteenth-century representations of ec-centric masculinities
pp 85-114

6 - Henry James and the spectacle of loss: psychoanalytic metaphysics
pp 115-136

7 - ‘A very curious construction’: masculinity and the poetry of A. E. Housman and Oscar Wilde
pp 137-159

8 - The Pilgrims of Hope: William Morris and the dialectic of romanticism
pp 160-183

9 - Urban utopias: socialism, religion and the city, 1880 to 1900
pp 184-201

10 - Vampires and the empire: fears and fictions of the 1890s
pp 202-220

11 - Utopia, Limited: nationalism, empire and parody in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan
pp 221-247

12 - Technologies of monstrosity: Bram Stoker's Dracula
pp 248-266

13 - Postmodernism, a Chance to reread?
pp 267-289

14 - Is market society the fin of history?
pp 290-310

Select bibliography
pp 311-321

Index
pp 322-332

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