Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagnerism in the 1890s

Emma Sutton (, University of Edinburgh)

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English

Oxford University Press
01 October 2002

Art & design styles: Art Nouveau; Drawing & drawings; Individual artists, art monographs; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagnerism in the 1890s is an interdisciplinary study of the influence of the operas, writing, and personality of Richard Wagner (1813-1883) on the work of Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898). Examining Beardsley's drawings and prose of the 1890s the study considers the ways in which Wagner's works were appropriated by this seminal figure of the British decadent movement. Despite recent critical interest in Beardsley and the 'fin-de-siècle', and considerable research on Wagnerism, Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagernism in the 1890s is the first study in English to consider at length Wagner's presence in Beardsley's work. Beardsley combined allusions to the German composer with many of the touchstones of decadent art - the exotic, the morbid, the erotic, and the mannered. In exploring Beardsley's often iconoclastic versions - or perversions - of Wagner's work Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagernism in the 1890s aims to investigate the role of Wagnerism with 'fin-de-siècle' British culture, in particular the relations between Wagnerism and contemporary decadence.

By: Emma Sutton ( University of Edinburgh)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 224mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 402g
ISBN: 9780198187325
ISBN 10: 0198187327
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 01 October 2002
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Wagnerism in Britain in the 1890s 1: Decadents and Wagnerites: Beardsley and Wilde 2: The pathology of pleasure: decadent sensibility and affective art 3: Wagnerites en masse: the audience as spectacle 4: Commercialism and consumerism: Wagnerism in The Savoy 5: Antiquarianism and national identity: Under the Hill 6: Concluding the cycle: Das Rheingold Epilogue: framing the decade Select bibliography Index

Emma Sutton works at the English Department in the University of Edinburgh

Reviews for Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagnerism in the 1890s

`In her riveting and original new book, Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagnerism in the 1890s ... Emma Sutton vividly illuminates the relationship of art, music and society at a crucial point in cultural history.' RA, The Royal Academy of Arts Magazine, Summer 2003 `Sutton's argument is carefully and persuasively constructed . . . [she] demonstrates impressive sensitivity' Music and Letters, February 2004 `The text offers an original critique of interpretations of ifin de siecle aestheticism, a wealth of information for students from a variety of disciplines alike to pursue their own interests, and an overdue reassessment of Beardsley's work as thoroughly engaged in the addressing of the issues of the 1890's.' Australasian Victorian Studies Journal