DegenerationD. Appleton, 1895 - 566 páginas |
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... mean that all the French nation had degenerated , and their race was approaching its end . However , from the concluding paragraph of this chapter , it may be clearly seen that I had in my eye only the upper ten thousand . The peasant ...
... mean that all the French nation had degenerated , and their race was approaching its end . However , from the concluding paragraph of this chapter , it may be clearly seen that I had in my eye only the upper ten thousand . The peasant ...
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... means nothing , and receives a varying signifi- cation according to the diverse mental horizons of those who use it . The surest way of knowing what fin - de - siècle implies , is to consider a series of particular instances where the ...
... means nothing , and receives a varying signifi- cation according to the diverse mental horizons of those who use it . The surest way of knowing what fin - de - siècle implies , is to consider a series of particular instances where the ...
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... means a practical emancipation from traditional discipline , which theoretically is still in force . To the voluptuary this means unbridled lewdness , the unchaining of the beast in man ; to the withered heart of the egoist , disdain of ...
... means a practical emancipation from traditional discipline , which theoretically is still in force . To the voluptuary this means unbridled lewdness , the unchaining of the beast in man ; to the withered heart of the egoist , disdain of ...
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... means of sounding . phrases , and loftily talks of a ' restless quest of a new ideal by the modern spirit , ' the richer vibrations of the refined nervous system of the present day , ' ' the unknown sensations of an elect mind . ' But ...
... means of sounding . phrases , and loftily talks of a ' restless quest of a new ideal by the modern spirit , ' the richer vibrations of the refined nervous system of the present day , ' ' the unknown sensations of an elect mind . ' But ...
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... means of proving that the applica- tion of the term ' degenerates ' to the originators of all the fin - de - siècle movements in art and literature is not arbitrary , that it is no baseless conceit , but a fact ; and that would be a ...
... means of proving that the applica- tion of the term ' degenerates ' to the originators of all the fin - de - siècle movements in art and literature is not arbitrary , that it is no baseless conceit , but a fact ; and that would be a ...
Términos y frases comunes
activity æsthetic Alving appear arouse artistic association of ideas attention awaken Baudelaire beautiful become Bernick brain called Catulle Mendès cell centres character colour consciousness degenerate disease Doll's House echolalia ego-maniac Ellida emotion evil excited existence expression external world eyes fact French German give GREGERS healthy Hedda Hedda Gabler Hence HJALMAR human hysteria hysterical Ibsen idiots imbecile imitation impressions impulses individual insane instinct intellectual Joséphin Péladan live Lombroso Maleine mania marriage Maurice Barrès means megalomania mental mind moral movement mystic nature nerves nervous never Nietzsche Nietzsche's Nora novels observation organism Paris Parnassians Parsifal Paul Bourget peculiar perceive perception persons phenomena phenomenon Philistine piece poems poet poetry pre-Raphaelites presentations reader recognise representations Rosmer Rosmersholm says sense sexual society soul speak stimulus symbol Symbolists Théophile Gautier things thought tion Tolstoi true unconscious Wagner Wangel Werle whole wishes woman words Zola
Pasajes populares
Página 89 - It lies in heaven, across the flood Of ether, as a bridge. Beneath, the tides of day and night With flame and darkness ridge The void, as low as where this earth Spins like a fretful midge.
Página 89 - When round his head the aureole clings, And he is clothed in white, I'll take his hand and go with him To the deep wells of light; As unto a stream we will step down, And bathe there in God's sight.
Página 293 - Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se répondent. Il est des parfums frais comme des chairs d'enfants, Doux comme les hautbois, verts comme les prairies...
Página 99 - Of Margaret sitting glorious there, In glory of gold and glory of hair, And glory of glorious face most fair; — Ah!
Página 321 - Where, if not from the Impressionists, do we get those wonderful brown fogs that come creeping down our streets, blurring the gas-lamps and changing the houses into monstrous shadows? To whom, if not to them and their master, do we owe the lovely silver mists that brood over our river, and turn to faint forms of fading pace curved bridge and swaying barge?
Página 125 - Dans l'interminable Ennui de la plaine La neige incertaine Luit comme du sable. Le ciel est de cuivre Sans lueur aucune, On croirait voir vivre Et mourir la lune.
Página 89 - Out of the circling charm; Until her bosom must have made The bar she leaned on warm, And the lilies lay as if asleep Along her bended arm. From the fixed place of Heaven she saw Time like a pulse shake fierce Through all the worlds.
Página 79 - Painting, or art generally, as such, with all its technicalities, difficulties, and particular ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable as the vehicle of thought, but by itself nothing. He who has learned what is commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is, the art of representing any natural object faithfully, has as yet only learned the language by which his thoughts are to be expressed.
Página 384 - Are you not clear about your place in your own home? Have you not an infallible guide in questions like these? Have you not religion? NORA. Oh, Torvald, I don't really know what religion is.
Página 87 - THE blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven ; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even ; She had three lilies in her hand, , And the stars in her hair were seven.