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John Evelyn Barlas, a Critical Biography
This comprehensive critical biography of John Evelyn Barlas (1860-1914) draws heavily on unpublished materials. He produced some distinguished verse in the Aesthetic and Decadent modes, emphasizing withdrawal, contemplation, and the life of the imagination. Yet in seeming contradiction, he also engaged actively in radical politics. And he spent the last 20 years of his life in a mental institution. Although this book stresses Barlas's literary output and associations, his political thought and activities are also discussed in the context of late-Victorian radicalism. And the author addresses the legal aspects of mental illness in late-Victorian Britain, as well as its diagnosis and treatment at the time. Against this background, he discusses Barlas's illness, based on extensive case records.
Love-sonnets
This collection of sonnets by John Evelyn Barlas is a beautiful and personal exploration of love and longing. Written in the early 20th century, Barlas' work is both a reflection of its time and timeless in its expression of human emotion. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Anarchist Seeds beneath the Snow
From William Morris to Oscar Wilde to George Orwell, left-libertarian thought has long been an important but neglected part of British cultural and political history. In Anarchist Seeds beneath the Snow, David Goodway seeks to recover and revitalize that indigenous anarchist tradition. This book succeeds as simultaneously a cultural history of left-libertarian thought in Britain and a demonstration of the applicability of that history to current politics. Goodway argues that a recovered anarchist tradition could—and should—be a touchstone for contemporary political radicals. Moving seamlessly from Aldous Huxley and Colin Ward to the war in Iraq, this challenging volume will energize leftist movements throughout the world.
Imagining Socialism
Socialism names a form of collective life that has never been fully realized; consequently, it is best understood as a goal to be imagined. So this study argues, and thereby uncovers an aesthetic impulse that animates some of the most consequential socialist writing, thought, and practice of the long nineteenth century. Imagining Socialism explores this tradition of radical activism, investigating the diverse ways that British socialists--from Robert Owen to the mid-century Christian Socialists to William Morris--marshalled the resources of the aesthetic in their efforts to surmount politics and develop non-governmental forms of collective life. Their ambitious attempts at social regeneration led some socialists to explore the liberatory possibilities afforded by cooperative labor, women's emancipation, political violence, and the power of the arts themselves. Imagining Socialism demonstrates that, far from being confined to the socialist revival of the fin de siècle, important socialist experiments with the emancipatory potential of the aesthetic in Britain may be found throughout the period it calls the socialist century--and may still inspire us today.
Ernest Dowson
Ernest Dowson (1867-1900) was a British writer of the fin de siècle period, widely seen as the most representative example of the 'tragic generation' of decadent poets. This book presents a full-length and coherent reading of Dowson's oeuvre for the first time in English.
