Scientific Literature in The Evergreen
In the final volume of The Evergreen, (1896-97) centered around the season of winter there is an overt scientific outlook on art. …
Lucy Newcome
In today’s class, we discussed Arthur Symons’s “Pages from the Life of Lucy Newcombe” from the Savoy. I found this text to …
The Savoy and Sexuality
It is so interesting to learn about Aubrey Beardsley’s career as he has come up in all three of the presentations so …
The Savoy, Sexuality, and Time
I found it really interesting that The Savoy looked to the past in a number of ways. Specifically, the fact that Beardsley chose …
Dandyism in The Savoy
The Dandy as a Patriarchal Figure The dandy was as much an aesthetic figure as a sexual figure. The dandy purported his …
Marriage as an Ultimate Goal – What is the new women today?
In today’s discussion on the concept of the ‘new woman’ in The Yellow Book, I found the female representation in Ella D’Arcy‘s, “At Twickenham,” …
The New Woman in Society
The New Woman must have been a revolutionary concept in the 1890s, yet it also brings to mind revolutionary movements and moments …
On Boredom, Vacancy, and Domesticity as “End”
October 26th, 2020 In Ella D’Arcy’s “At Twickenham,” Minnie and Loetitia are hollow: they lead lives of purposelessness. They’re bored and vacant. …
The New Women
In today’s presentation, we had the opportunity of analyzing Ella D’Arcy’s short story “At Twickenham”, and Evelyn Sharp “The Restless River”. I …
Fairy Tales as Avant-Garde
Through our class discussion today on The Yellow Book volume 12 I was mesmerized by the inclusion of a fairy tale within …