The Shape of Fear: Horror and the Fin de Siècle Culture of Decadence 0813182662, 9780813182667

Nietzsche on the Decadence and Flourishing of Culture 9780192556820, 9780198823674

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Degeneration, decadence and disease in the Russian fin de siècle: Neurasthenia in the life and work of Leonid Andreev 9781526102119

Explores the implications of scientific discourse on Russian concepts of mental illness and national health

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The Fin-de-Siècle Scottish Revival: Romance, Decadence and Celtic Identity 9781474433983

Explores cultural defence and revivalism in Scottish literature and art The first book-length, interdisciplinary study o

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The Viennese Café and Fin-de-Siècle Culture 9780857457653

The Viennese café was a key site of urban modernity around 1900. In the rapidly growing city it functioned simultaneousl

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The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain

“An invaluable resource for anyone who aspires to think clearly” (The Guardian) from the New York Times bestselling auth

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Economies of desire at the Victorian Fin de Sicle: libidinal lives 9781317576594, 9781138826342, 9781315739373, 3720158209, 1661671861, 1138826340, 1315739372

This volume marks the first sustained study to interrogate how and why issues of sexuality, desire, and economic process

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The Jewish Decadence: Jews and the Aesthetics of Modernity 9780226581118

As Jewish writers, artists, and intellectuals made their way into Western European and Anglo-American cultural centers,

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The Oxford Handbook of Decadence 9780190066956, 0190066954

Edited by Jane Desmarais and David Weir.

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Fear and Learning: Essays on the Pedagogy of Horror 0786468203, 9780786468201

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Household Horror: Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday Objects 0253046556, 9780253046550

Take a tour of the house where a microwave killed a gremlin, a typewriter made Jack a dull boy, a sewing machine fashion

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