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The Eighteen Nineties

The Eighteen Nineties

by Holbrook Jackson

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Author
Jackson, Holbrook, 1874-1948
Title
The eighteen nineties : a review of art and ideas at the close of the nineteenth century
Original Publication
London: Grant Richards, 1922.
Credits
Tim Lindell, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Art -- Great Britain
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 78936
Release Date
June 24, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE EIGHTEEN NINETIES
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.LIST OF PLATES
  6. 6.PREFACE
  7. 7.INTRODUCTION
  8. 8.CHAPTER I FIN DE SIÈCLE—1890–1900
  9. 9.CHAPTER II PERSONALITIES AND TENDENCIES
  10. 10.CHAPTER III THE DECADENCE
  11. 11.CHAPTER IV OSCAR WILDE: THE LAST PHASE
  12. 12.CHAPTER V AUBREY BEARDSLEY
  13. 13.CHAPTER VI THE NEW DANDYISM
  14. 14.CHAPTER VII THE INCOMPARABLE MAX
  15. 15.CHAPTER VIII SHOCKING AS A FINE ART
  16. 16.CHAPTER IX PURPLE PATCHES AND FINE PHRASES
  17. 17.CHAPTER X THE DISCOVERY OF THE CELT
  18. 18.CHAPTER XI THE MINOR POET
  19. 19.CHAPTER XII FRANCIS THOMPSON
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIII JOHN DAVIDSON
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIV ENTER—G.B.S.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XV THE HIGHER DRAMA
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVI THE NEW FICTION
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVII RUDYARD KIPLING
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII ART AND LIFE
  26. 26.CHAPTER XIX THE REVIVAL OF PRINTING
  27. 27.CHAPTER XX BRITISH IMPRESSIONISTS
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXI IN BLACK AND WHITE
  29. 29.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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