Decadence
Baldick Desmarais, Chris Baldick, Jane Desmarais · 2011
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About the book
The selection of texts and extracts includes key Decadent manifestos and declarations of principle by Théophile Gautier, Walter Pater and Oscar Wilde; poems by Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Symons and many others; extracts from prose fictions by J.-K. Huysmans, Aubrey Beardsley and others; critical denunciations, with more discerning responses to the challenge of Decadence; parodies by Max Beerbohm among others of Decadent attitudes and styles; and significant extracts from relevant ancient Roman writings by Petronius and Juvenal.
Book details
- Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780719075506
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