| The Dedalus Book of English Decadence: Vile Emperors and Elegant Degenerates Contributor(s): Willsher, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1903517265 ISBN-13: 9781903517260 Publisher: Dedalus OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2004 Annotation: Avatars and acolytes Byron, De Quincey, Wilde and more, are here, all at their unwholesome best. English Decadence was not a polite response to French invention, but the hothouse blossoming of long, indigenous researches into the perverse. Like Imperial Rome, England could hardly subdue and rule the globe without becoming corrupt. The Romantics tried rebellion, but amid Victorian industry, terminally-fatigued Decadents concerned themselves with cultivating their addiction to luxury and sensation. This is the most wide-ranging, important collection of English decadent writing ever published. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Fantasy - Collections & Anthologies |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Decadence from Dedalus S |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5" W x 7.82" (0.49 lbs) 210 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The 1890s English Decadence was no mere polite response to French invention, but the hothouse blossoming of long indigenous researches into the perverse. Like Imperial Rome, England could hardly subdue and rule the globe without becoming corrupt. The Romantics tried rebellion, but amidst Victorian industry, terminally fatigued Decadents concerned themselves with cultivating their addiction to luxury and sensation. In The Dedalus Book of English Decadence: Vile Emperors and Elegant Degenerates, avatars and acolytes such as Beckford, Byron, De Quincey, Dowson, Bosie and Wilde are all to be found at their unwholesome best. |