A Link with Late Nineteenth-Century Decadence in ‘Maurice Guest’

Abstract

Palmer critiques Nietzschean readings of Maurice Guest, arguing that the character of Kraft is better served by viewing him 'as a Decadent figure and seeing his Nietzschean posturing as a system of the decadence in his character'.

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Published 1 October 1972 in Volume 5 No. 4. Subjects: Characterisation, Henry Handel Richardson , Nietzsche.

Cite as: Palmer, Anthony J.. ‘A Link with Late Nineteenth-Century Decadence in ‘Maurice Guest’.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 5, no. 4, 1972, doi: 10.20314/als.44693884b9.