The Dedalus Book of Decadence: Moral Ruins (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781912868681)

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.

"The Dedalus Book of Decadence looks south to sample the essence of fine French decadent writing. It succeeds in delivering a range of writers either searching vigorously for the thrill of a healthy crime or lamenting their impuissance from a sickly stupor." --Andrew St George in The Independent

Author: Brian Stableford
ISBN-10: 1912868687
ISBN-13: 9781912868681
Publisher: Dedalus
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2022
Pages: 284
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 1.00d