A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book
Decadence in Nordic Literature: An Overview
Authors: Pirjo Lyytikäinen, Riikka Rossi, Viola Parente-Čapková, Mirjam Hinrikus
Editors: Pirjo Lyytikäinen, Riikka Rossi, Viola Parente-Čapková, Mirjam Hinrikus
Publishing place: New York & Oxon
Publication year: 2019
Book title : Nordic Literature of Decadence
Series title: Among the Victorians and Modernists
Number in series: 18
First page : 3
Last page: 37
Number of pages: 34
ISBN: 978-0-367-11238-7
This introductory chapter explains the concept of literary decadence as it is understood by the editors of the volume and offers an overview of the whole field of Nordic decadence with some background about the circumstances in individual countries concerning the spread and development of decadent currents. Context to aid the understanding of the other chapters, including brief surveys of information otherwise not presented in them, is provided.
