Literary Listservs -- elcs-l

ELCS-L: A discussion of English literature, culture, and society 1880-1920.

The ELCS-L list is dedicated to the sharing of information and ideas about
any and all aspects of British, North American and European literature,
culture and society in the four decades 1880-1920.

The period 1880-1920 is often referred to as a 'transition' period: a
movement from Victorian values to those of the Modernist aesthetic. This
was a period of vast social, political, and artistic change, a progress as
well as an exploration. At the same time, it was a period of tremendous
social and political stability. It was this stability that in some ways
permited, even encouraged, the movements in thought which took place. This
apparent dichotomy is one of the reasons for the artistic and
philosophical richness of the period. 

Discussion on all aspects of life and artistic endeavour during the period
is encouraged. Topics might include (but are most certainly not limited
to) literature, music and the fine arts, political and social movements,
and how all these disparate elements of life relate to each other and
change over this time period. 

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