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Individualism, Decadence and Globalization - (Language, Discourse, Society) by Regenia Gagnier (Paperback)

Individualism, Decadence and Globalization - (Language, Discourse, Society) by  Regenia Gagnier (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>'...knowledgeable and wide-ranging...' - Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>REGENIA GAGNIER has held chairs at Stanford University, USA, and the University of Exeter, UK, where she is currently Professor of English and Director of Exeter Interdisciplinary Institute. She has also taught at Berkeley and Oxford. Her previous books include <em>Idylls of the Marketplace</em>, <em>Subjectivities: A History of Self-Representation in Britain 1832-1920</em> and <em>The Insatiability of Human Wants: Economics and Aesthetics in Market Society. </em>She is also Editor in Chief of <em>Literature Compass </em>and Director of its Global Circulation Project and President of the British Association for Victorian Studies.

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