Fictions of Loss in the Victorian Fin de Si}}cle Identity and Empire [Hardcover]

Fictions of Loss in the Victorian Fin de Si?cle explores the ways in which that perception of loss was cast into narrative.British culture in the 1880s and 1890s was marked by a strong sense of decline. Fictions of Loss in the Victorian Fin de Siècle examines the ways in which perceptions of loss were cast into archetypal stories which sought to account for the culture's troubles and assuage its anxieties. By examining the work of a wide range of writers SH from Kipling to Wilde, from Stevenson to Stoker SH Stephen Arata shows how the nation's twin obsessions with decadence and imperialism became intertwined in the thought of the period.British culture in the 1880s and 1890s was marked by a strong sense of decline. Fictions of Loss in the Victorian Fin de Siècle examines the ways in which perceptions of loss were cast into archetypal stories which sought to account for the culture's troubles and assuage its anxieties. By examining the work of a wide range of writers SH from Kipling to Wilde, from Stevenson to Stoker SH Stephen Arata shows how the nation's twin obsessions with decadence and imperialism became intertwined in the thought of the period.British culture in the 1880s and 1890s was marked by a strong sense of decline. Fictions of Loss in the Victorian Fin de Siècle examines the ways in which perceptions of loss were cast into archetypal stories that sought to account for the culture's troubles and assuage its anxieties. By examining the work of a wide range of writers--from Kipling to Wilde, from Stevenson to Stoker--Stephen Arata shows how the nation's twin obsessions with decadence and imperialism became intertwined in the thought of the period.Introduction; Part I. Strange Cases, Common Fates; Part II. Between the body and history; Part III. The sins of Empire; Conclusion; Notes; Index. ...Arata shows us clearly why loss and decay recur so insistently in late-Victorian writing. Christopher Lane, Victorian Studies His is a sl'