Individualism, Decadence and Globalization: On the Relationship of Part to Whole 1859-1920 (2024)

Language, Discourse, Society Series Editors: Stephen Heath, Colin MacCabe and Denise Riley Selected published titles: Regenia Gagnier INDIVIDUALISM, DECADENCE AND GLOBALIZATION On the Relationship of Part to Whole, 1859–1920 Jennifer Keating-Miller LANGUAGE, IDENTITY AND LIBERATION IN CONTEMPORARY IRISH LITERATURE Matthew Taunton FICTIONS OF THE CITY Class, Culture and Mass Housing in London and Paris Laura Mulvey VISUAL AND OTHER PLEASURES 2nd edition Peter de Bolla and Stefan H. Uhlig (editors) AESTHETICS AND THE WORK OF ART Adorno, Kafka, Richter Misha Kavka REALITY TELEVISION, AFFECT AND INTIMACY Reality Matters Rob White FREUD’S MEMORY Psychoanalysis, Mourning and the Foreign Body Teresa de Lauretis FREUD’S DRIVE Psychoanalysis, Literature and Film Mark Nash SCREEN THEORY CULTURE Richard Robinson NARRATIVES OF THE EUROPEAN BORDER A History of Nowhere Lyndsey Stonebridge THE WRITING OF ANXIETY Imaging Wartime in Mid-Century British Culture Ashley Tauchert ROMANCING JANE AUSTEN Narrative, Realism and the Possibility of a Happy Ending Reena Dube SATYAJIT RAY’S THE CHESS PLAYERS AND POSTCOLONIAL THEORY Culture, Labour and the Value of Alterity John Anthony Tercier THE CONTEMPORARY DEATHBED The Ultimate Rush Language, Discourse, Society Series Standing Order ISBN 978–0–333–71482–9 (hardback) 978–0–333–80332–5 (paperback) (outside North America only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBN quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England r.gagnier@exeter.ac.uk

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