Decadence and innovation: Austro-Hungarian life and art at the turn of the century / edited by Robert B. Pynsent. - London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, c1989. - xiii, 258 p. ; 24 cm. NFIC

"A small selection of papers from a large international conference on Austria-Hungary at the turn of the century, held at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London in December, 1986"--P. [ix].

Includes bibliographical references.

Images of the city / Edward Timms -- The role of Jews in Viennese culture and society at the turn of the century / Steven Beller -- Weininger and the science of sex / Allan Janik -- The expression of exactness / Kevin Mulligan -- The concept of tradition / J.C. Nyíri -- Minority culture in a capital city / Monika Glettler -- The reception of the Hungarian feminist movement, 1904-14 / F.T. Zsuppán -- Paradoxes in Hungarian adepts of symbolism and decadence at the beginning of the twentieth century / André Karátson -- Imitation or inspiration / Magda Czigány -- The self / Petr Wittlich -- The significance of Czech fin-de-siècle criticism / Jirí Kudrnác -- The modern occult revival in Vienna, 1880-1910 / Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke -- Conclusory essay / Robert B. Pynsent.

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Austria--Congresses--19th century--Civilization
Austria--Congresses--20th century--Civilization
Austria--Congresses--19th century--Intellectual life

DB30 / .D43 1989

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