English literature summary
the
artist;
setting
art
aside
means
death
for
the
artist.
Decadence/aestheticism
and
Oscar
Wilde
Appeared
in
the
1880s–90s,
i.e.
late
Victorian
era.
Decadence
used
in
Continental
Europe,
aestheticism
in
England.
Abandonment
of
Victorian
society.
Proud
of
being
different
from
the
philistines
(the
middle
class
of
Victorian
society
that
were
not
interested
in
art
and
proud
of
it).
Aestheticism
–
“science
of
beauty”,
“art
for
art’s
sake”
–
art
need
not
have
a
deeper
meaning.
Fin-‐de-‐siecle,
French
for
‘end
of
the
century’.
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