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Individualism, Decadence and Globalization : On the Relationship of Part to Whole, 1859-1920 /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gagnier, Regenia (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Language, discourse, society.
Subjects:
Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Intellectual Studies.
Modern Philosophy.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Social History.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
British literature.
Intellectual life > History.
Literature, Modern > 19th century.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Philosophy, Modern.
Social history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 219 pages)
ISBN:9780230277540
DOI:10.1057/9780230277540