The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence |
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| Author:
| STABLEFORD Brian[Ed], |
| Series title: | Decadence from Dedalus Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-912868-69-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2022 |
| Publisher: | Dedalus Books Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $13.99 |
Book Description:
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The Decadence Movement which flourished in the 1890s produced some of Europe's most striking and exotic works of literature The Decadents, convinced that civilization was in a state of terminal decline, refused to rebel as the Romantics had, but set forth instead to cultivate the pleasures of calculated perversity and to seek the artificial paradise of drug-induced hallucination. J.-K. Huysmans described Decadence as a 'black feast' and
The Second Dedalus...
More DescriptionThe Decadence Movement which flourished in the 1890s produced some of Europe's most striking and exotic works of literature The Decadents, convinced that civilization was in a state of terminal decline, refused to rebel as the Romantics had, but set forth instead to cultivate the pleasures of calculated perversity and to seek the artificial paradise of drug-induced hallucination.
J.-K. Huysmans described Decadence as a 'black feast' and The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence offers a veritable banquet, with offerings from the major practitioners in France and England. It completes Brian Stableford seminal two-volume study of the decadent movement.