Degeneration

by Max Nordau

Book Overview

Fin-de-si cle is a name covering both what is characteristic of many modern phenomena, and also the underlying mood which in them finds expression. Experience has long shown that an idea usually derives its designation from the language of the nation which first formed it. This, indeed, is a law of constant application when historians of manners and customs inquire into language, for the purpose of obtaining some notion, through the origins of some...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530963192
• ISBN13: 9781530963195
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"