

Decadence
240 pages2012Manchester University PressISBN 9780719075513
About this 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.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780719075513
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