Narratives of decline: on contemporary European high-brow fiction’s engagement with cultural critique

Abstract This article examines fictional engagement with cultural critique, understood as a critique that measures the present against an idealized past and interprets contemporary cultural phenomena as symptoms of decline. The article contends that narratives of decline in contemporary fiction take...

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Main Author: Benjamin Gittel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2025-04-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04865-1
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