Decadence : an annotated anthology /

• Other Authors: Desmarais, Jane (επιμελήτρια), Baldick, Chris (επιμελητής)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
• Subjects: Παρακμή (Λογοτεχνικό ρεύμα); Παρακμή στη λογοτεχνία; Εκφυλισμός > Λογοτεχνικές συλλογές.
• Physical Description: ix, 323 σ.. : εικ. ; 24 εκ.
• Bibliography: Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφία και ευρετήριο.
• ISBN: 9780719075513; 0719075513; 9780719075506; 0719075505

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.