Goldsmiths, University of London
24 March 2023
Richard Hoggart Building, Room 137
Organised by the Decadence Research Centre at Goldsmiths
In association with the Centre for Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths
Keynote Speaker: Dr Alessandro Cabiati (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Keynote Paper: 'Marvellous Abnormalities: Fairy Tales, Decadence, and Deviance in the Late Nineteenth Century'
Decadent writers and artists repeatedly turned to the fairy tale tradition as a rich source of inspiration. They saw the fairy tale as an opportunity to showcase both its potential for subversion and their own skill at integrating adult, decadent elements within texts traditionally perceived as reserved for children. Writers such as Oscar Wilde, Arthur Machen, Jean Lorrain (Paul Alexandre Martin Duval), Renée Vivien (Pauline Mary Tarn), and Rachilde (Marguerite Eymery Vallette) transformed the fairy tale into a strikingly transgressive adult text with capacity to explore mystical, occult and esoteric spaces, reject social and literary conventionality, and embrace decadent individualism, queer desire and sexual dissidence.
Programme available to view here: https://bads.gold.ac.uk/decadentfairytale
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Conference Organisers
Eleanor Keane (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Professor Jane Desmarais (Goldsmiths, University of London)
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