Degeneration is a collection of essays by Max Simon Nordau, a physician and cultural critic. It examines late nineteenth-century art, literature and society, arguing that certain modern tendencies reflect cultural decline. It is worth listening as a historical document of fin-de-siècle criticism and debate over modernism.
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Opening of the book
DEGENERATION BΏ ǵƒŧ Ǫĵƽŧ AǼǵƒLjǡ. Uniform with this Volume. CONVENTIONAL LIES OF OUR CIVILIZATION. PARADOXES. LLjƿŠLjƿ: WƗƯƯƗĵƽ HŧƗƿŧƽĵƿƿ. DEGENERATION BY
MAX NORDAU
AUTHOR OF
‘CONVENTIONAL LIES OF OUR CIVILIZATION,’ ‘PARADOXES,’ ETC.
Translated from the Second Edition
of the German Work
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LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1898
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First Edition
February, 1895.
New Impressions, March 4, 1895; March 22, 1895; April, 1895; May,
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