{Century ‘Endism’}[9th April 1991]

[Redbook9:50][19910409:0923c]{Century ‘Endism’}[9th April 1991]

19910409.0923

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[A cutting in the ms, which is not reproduced in the ts, from the Guardian for 199104c[irca] under the section ‘Women’ headed ‘The bitter end’ and sub-headed ‘Does the closing of a century necessarily create apocalyptic moods and sexual identity crises? Katie Campbell examines the theories’, includes the following text with ms marginal notes:]

‘Through a wide-ranging survey of late 19th-century culture, [Elaine] Showalter* uncovers certain fin de siècle attributes: ** loss of confidence, urban decay, sexual epidemic, decline of religion, breakdown of the family. The list looks familiar: today’s single-parent family debate sounds like centuries-old sermon [sic] *** and the recent furore over a virgin presuming to have children recalls the early response to women using contraception. Predictions of doom abound in our culture, from the greenhouse effect to nuclear holocaust, the crack epidemic to Aids, urban crime to terrorism.’

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*[In ‘Sexual Anarchy’; Bloomsbury.]

**64M~1872

|A~1888

|J~1896

|G~1904

***64R~1976|C1984|S~1992

****Guardian, 199104c[irca]

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