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Dandies, cynics and skeptics: pathologies of decadentism in Wilde, Huysmans and Houellebecq
The present essay aims at presenting, in a comparative and updated perspective, two different readings of crucial themes in regard to the XIX century, such as dandyism and decadentism.
Angela Maria Dias
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La décadence à la fin du XIXe siècle espagnol: une esthétique de la provocation
Talking about Decadence in fin-de-siècle Hispanic literature involves delving into the great movement of modernism, and notably one of its expressions, literary bohemianism. In what way(s) do these concepts both make use of and take part in an aesthetic
Xavier Escudero
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The Modernist Worlds of Catalá and Ruelas [PDF]
Rosario Faraudo writes about the Mexican decadent painter Julio Ruelas and the Catalonian prose writer and poet “Victor Catalá” really named Caterina Albert. Since women have repeatedly been related to Nature, it may not be a coincidence that the natural
Rosario Faraudo
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Approaches to the Problem of Literary Authenticity. A Historical Outline (II) [PDF]
The present article follows the evolution of the approaches to the problem of authenticity, focusing on the various forms of literary authenticity reflected in modernist literary theory texts and manifestos.
Cristina DICUSAR
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The ideal yogi: A man without qualities
Introduction: The comparison between East and West can be played at different levels. At a religious level, we find numerous analogies. On a more cultural level, we may detect more differences than identities.
Tommaso Bianchi
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Rachilde : formation d’une jeune fille et transformations romanesques
A rebellious and transgressive novelist of the late nineteenth century, Rachilde often recalls in her writings, in the first or third person, significant events in her “formation”.
Marina Geat
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Comique primitif et inconscient corporel
This article explores the body expression of the unconscious, from the 1880s to the 1920s. Associated with a form of primitivity, this ‘corporal unconscious’ is in fact a style, and a style itself strongly identified with a technical innovation: first of
Bertrand Marquer
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Între viață și cărți. Despre neajunsurile și beneficiile ratării
This study analyses the relationship between failure and success from two perspectives: creative psychology and sociology of creation. By starting from Angelo Mitchievici’s recent book, “Farmecul vieților distruse.
Antonio Patraș
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El origen de esta realidad mórbida es derivado de la vulnerabilidad genética heredada y de los factores de riesgo existentes en la sociedad posmoderna, cuyo ethos social lo constituyen la vida materialista, de apariencia, carencia de valores ético morales, corrupción, psicopatía política, violencia e inseguridad ciudadana que genera zozobra social.
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Il mito di Salomè nella cultura russa
This essay aims to trace the fascination with the figure of Salome in Russia and the different interpretations given to the biblical passages featuring the Jewish princess.
Nadia Caprioglio
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