Yellow or Savoy? An Introduction to the Nineties
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https://doi.org/10.4454/syn.v4.897Keywords:
The Yellow Book, The Savoy, Eighteen Nineties, Oscar WildeAbstract
The debate around the Eighteen Nineties in England has often led to consider that decade as a phase characterised by a widespread dissemination of ideas, attitudes, and works related to Decadence and Aestheticism. The analysis of some aspects of the two most important magazines of the time might offer a more correct introduction to the period, with all its contradictions and complexity. The yellow colour, which appeared to connote the decade and gave the name to its most famous magazine, was only one of a series of colours that tinged the period, and The Yellow Book and The Savoy, while trying to find a difficult balance among different trends and needs, reflected more than a single current or attitude, offering a composite and complete picture of those years.
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