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Preferred term

Decadence, literary movement  

Definition

  • Refers to the intellectual movement of the last two decades of the 19th century when both artists and writers became more concerned with form, beauty, and pleasure than content and morality. The movement is characterized by a preoccupation with themes considered morbid, disturbing, sexual, or supernatural [AAT]

Entry terms

  • Art, decadent
  • Decadent art
  • Decadent movement
  • Decadents

Notation

  • 119592

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-V3NS8TKP-5

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