Event overview
A one-day symposium exploring the significance and legacy of the decadent fairy tale.
Keynote Speaker: Dr Alessandro Cabiati (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Organised by the British Association of Decadence Studies (BADS) and the Goldsmiths’ Decadence Research Centre. In association with the Centre for Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths
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.
This one-day symposium explores the role and significance of the decadent fairy tale from the late nineteenth century to the present.
For any queries about Decadence and the Fairy Tale, please email drc@gold.ac.uk.
More information can be found on our website.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2023 | 9:30am - 6:00pm |
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