Decadent culture in the United States
Subtitle: art and literature against the American grain, 1890-1926
By: David Weir.
Series: SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780791472774
Subjects: Degeneration -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; Decadence in art -- History; Art, American -- History; Decadence (Literary movement) -- United States -- History; American literature -- History and criticism; United States -- Intellectual life -- 1865-1918; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Boston (Mass.) -- Intellectual life; Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Intellectual life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The problem of American decadence; title: New York : decadent connections; title: Boston : decadent communities; title: Chicago : the business of decadence; title: San Francisco : the seacoast of decadence; title: The decadent revival.