Decadence and Symbolism. A Showcase Anthology 12+

📖 Collecting together eighty-six different pieces of prose from sixty-one authors, Decadence and Sybmolism: A Showcase Anthology, is the most broad-ranging anthology of its kind. Surveying the movements from their beginnings onward, the volume brings together texts from well-known exponents such as Rimbaud and Baudelaire, as well as numerous lesser-known authors, many of whose work is being made available in English for the first time.Editor and translator Brian Stableford provides an in-depth introductory essay, as well as brief biographies of the various personalities presented.Complete list of authors included:Charles BaudelaireArthur RimbaudThéophile GautierXavier ForneretThéodore de BanvillePaul VerlaineX. B. SaintineAuguste de Villiers de l’Isle AdamErnest HelloCatulle MendèsJoris-Karl HuysmansCharles CrosFrédéric ChampsaurStéphane MallarméJean MoréasGustave KahnJules LaforgueCharles MoriceG. Albert AurierPaul AdamFrancis PoictevinRemy de GourmontAndré-Ferdinand HeroldAdolphe RettéBernard LazareJean LorrainPierre LouÿsCamille MauclairStuart MerrillÉphraïm MikhaëlHenri de RégnierJules RenardSaint-Pol-RouxGabriel de LautrecPierre QuilllardMarcel SchwobFrédéric BoutetPierre VeberTristan BernardJudith GautierHugues RebellGaston DanvilleMay Armand BlancRenée VivienAlfred JarryFrancis JammesJ. H. Rosny aînéHenri AustruyLéon BloyJean RichepinLouis CodetLéon DaudetClaude CébelJane de La VaudèreEdmond HaraucourtHenry DetoucheHélène de Zuylen de NyeveltJacques LamerGaston Pawlowski...