Decadence: A Literary Anthology

Decadent literature in Britain blossomed in the 1890s around such figures as Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, Max Beerbohm, Ernest Dowson and Arthur Symons. Under the maxim "Art for Art's Sake" they often defied moral convention and pursued the limits of sensation, wilfully transgressing Victorian respectability along the way. This illustrated anthology concentrates on the major preoccupations of Decadence: Artifice, Intoxication, Spirituality, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0712356630
• ISBN13: 9780712356633
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: British Library
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.5"