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URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/curiosity-desire-fin-de-siecle-art-litera
 ture-day-1/
SUMMARY:Curiosity and Desire in Fin-De-Siècle Art and Literature
DESCRIPTION:—a special conference organized by Joseph Bristow (UCLA)\, De
 nnis Denisoff (University of Tulsa)\, Stefano Evangelista (Trinity College
 )\, and Charlotte Ribeyrol (Université Paris-Sorbonne)\n\nCo-hosted by th
 e International Walter Pater Society\n“Curiosity\, and the desire of bea
 uty\, have each their place in art\, as in all true criticism. When one’
 s curiosity is deficient\, when one is not eager enough for new impression
 s and new pleasures\, one is liable to value mere academical properties to
 o highly\, to be satisfied with worn-out or conventional types.” —Wal
 ter Pater\n“What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. With
 out it the world would stagnate\, or grow old\, or become colourless. By i
 ts curiosity Sin increases the experience of the race. Through its intensi
 fied assertion of individualism it saves us from monotony of type. In its 
 rejection of the current notions about morality\, it is one with the highe
 r ethics.” —Oscar Wilde\nVictorian theorists of aesthetics such as Wa
 lter Pater and Oscar Wilde saw curiosity and desire working in tandem in t
 he creation of beauty. And while these two quotations reflect the dissiden
 ce across interpretations of aestheticism at the time\, they are united in
  their emphasis on passionate engagement and creativity as necessary eleme
 nts of academic scholarship itself. We wish to capture this spirited energ
 y by bringing together scholars from around the world to explore the ways 
 in which the fusion of curiosity and desire permeated the art and literatu
 re of the British fin-de-siècle.\n\nThis special two-day conference is jo
 intly organized by the International Walter Pater Society and the William 
 Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, world-renowned for its holdings of rare a
 nd manuscript materials from the period\, notably Oscar Wilde\, George Ege
 rton\, Alfred Douglas\, Charles Ricketts\, Aubrey Beardsley\, Max Beerbohm
 \, and the fine presses of the fin de siècle. The conference will include
  workshops in which groups of scholars will carry on exploratory discussio
 ns that relate to the Clark’s extensive fin-de-siècle collections.\n\
 nFurther details and the call for proposals available at the conference's 
 website.
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LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street
 \, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States
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