Essays about: "Fin-de-Siècle"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word Fin-de-Siècle.

  1. 1. “Human Spiders”: Intellectual Observers, Degeneration and Darwinism in H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Maja Loberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Degeneration; Fin de Siècle; Literature; Darwinism; H.G. Wells; The Time Machine; Intellectual Observer; Victorian literature; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : H.G. Wells’ novella The Time Machine (1895) tells the story of The Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. There, he encounters two evolutionary progressions of humanity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reflets dans l'eau : A reflection on a piano piece by Claude Debussy in relation to impressionism

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för klassisk musik

    Author : Herdís Ágústa Linnet; [2022]
    Keywords : Claude Debussy; impressionism; light; piano; reflections; Reflets dans l’eau; water;

    Abstract : Claude Debussy was the first composer to be described as an impressionist. Impressionistic artists and writers around fin de siècle were pioneers in their fields, creating new colours and describing light in new and inventive ways. Scientists were equally amazed with water and light and tried their best to describe it in a theoretical manner. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Enchantment of Noble Masculinity : A look at the material enchantment of nobility through the professional uniforms of count Carl Axel Lewenhaupt in fin de siècle Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Hilma Persson; [2021]
    Keywords : Material enchantment; Fragments; Nobility; Uniforms; Ideal masculinity; Discipline; Whiteness;

    Abstract : The analytical framework of enchanted objects has mainly been studied in the fields of anthropology and religion, but can equally be applied to fashion and dress. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the material process of enchantment through the fragments of count Carl Axel Lewenhaupt’s professional uniforms from fin de siècle Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Quest for Gnosis : G. R. S. Mead’s Conception of Theosophy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Paulina Gruffman; [2020]
    Keywords : theosophy; theosophical society; gnosis; g.r.s. mead; helena blavatsky; annie besant; c.w. leadbeater; occultism; esotericism; western esotericism; new religious movements; new spirituality; quest society; the quest; teosofi; teosofiska samfundet; gnosis; ockultism; esoterism; västerländsk esoterism; nyreligiösa rörelser;

    Abstract : G. R. S. Mead is an important but neglected historical personality of the British fin-de-siècle occult, Theosophical, and post-Theosophical milieu. READ MORE

  6. 5. Illuminating Inner Life : A Comparison of Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse and Arthur Schnitzler's Fräulein Else

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Marie-Helen Rosalie Stahl; [2016]
    Keywords : Virginia Woolf; Arthur Schnitzler; Modernism; Stream of Consciousness; Empiricist Psychology;

    Abstract : In the early 20th century, authors increasingly experimented with literary techniques striving towards two common aims: to illumine the inner life of their protagonists and to diverge from conventional forms of literary representations of reality. This shared endeavour was sparked by changes in society: industrialisation, developments in psychology, and the gradual decay of empires, such as the Victorian (1837–1901) and the Austro-Hungarian (1867–1918). READ MORE