Question
Which of the following movements was Arthur Symons was referring to as 'an interesting
disease’ and ‘an over-subtilizing refinement upon refinement’?
The correct answer is
Decadence
Symons was describing Decadence in his essay The Decadent Movement in Literature (1893). His medical metaphor and emphasis on excessive refinement characterize the movement’s intense self-consciousness and pursuit of delicate artistic sensations.
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