The Dedalus Book Of English Decadence: Vile Emperors And Elegant Degenerates (Decadence from Dedalus S)
Book Details
Author(s)Willsher, James
PublisherDedalus Ltd
ISBN / ASIN1903517265
ISBN-139781903517260
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank2,051,387
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
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 amidst 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.
