According to Max Simon Nordau in his work “Degeneration,” which of the following best describes the term “Fin de Siècle” ?

Cultural and Literary in Modernity 07/05/2020

A. “The impotent despair of a sick man, who feels himself dying by inches in the midst of an eternally living nature blooming insolently forever”
B. A term that means nothing except for the signification given to it by the user
C. “A confession and a complaint”
D. All of the above

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