The Dedalus Book of Decadence, Volume 1: Moral Ruins

Seminal study of decadence in Europe and America with texts.About the AuthorBrian Michael Stableford (born 25 July 1948) is a British science fiction writer who has published more than 65 novels. Contents:INTRODUCTIONMAD EMPERORS: THE EVOLUTION OF AN IDEARENEGADE ROMANTICS: THE BIRTH OF DECADENCEGENIUS AND MADNESS: THE ATTRACTIONS OF DECADENCEAGAINST NATURE: DECADENCE À LA MODEFIN DE SIÈCLE: THE DECADENCE OF DECADENCETHE YELLOW NINETIES: DECADENCE IN ENGLANDINFLUENCES: DECADENCE IN OTHER NATIONSECHOES: THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF DECADENCEA SAMPLER OF FRENCH DECADENT TEXTSTO THE READER by Charles BaudelaireTHE GLASS OF BLOOD by Jean LorrainLANGUOR by Paul VerlaineTHE GRAPE-GATHERERS OF SODOM by RachildeAFTER THE DELUGE by Arthur RimbaudDANAETTE by Remy de GourmontLITANY TO SATAN by Charles BaudelaireTHE BLACK NIGHTGOWN by Catulle MendèsTHE DOUBLE ROOM by Charles BaudelaireTHE POSSESSED by Jean LorrainSPLEEN by Paul VerlaineTHE FAUN by Remy de GourmontTHE DRUNKEN BOAT by Arthur RimbaudTHE PANTHER by RachildeSPLEEN by Charles BaudelaireOLD FURNITURE by Catulle MendèsDON JUAN IN HELL by Charles BaudelaireDON JUAN’S SECRET by Remy de GourmontA SAMPLER OF ENGLISH DECADENT TEXTSTHEORETIKOS by Oscar WildeTHE COURT OF VENUS by Aubrey BeardsleySATIA DE SANGUINE by Algernon Charles SwinburneTHE DYING OF FRANCIS DONNE by Ernest DowsonBAUDELAIRE by Eugene Lee-HamiltonTHE BASILISK by R. Murray GilchristMAGIC by Lionel JohnsonTHE OTHER SIDE by Count Stanislaus Eric StenbockNON SUM QUALIS ERAM BONAE SUB REGNO CYNARAE by Ernest DowsonA SOMEWHAT SURPRISING CHAPTER by John DavidsonTHE TRANSLATOR AND THE CHILDREN by James Elroy FleckerPOPE JACYNTH by Vernon LeeINSOMNIA by John DavidsonTHE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE by Oscar Wilde.VINUM DAEMONUM by Lionel JohnsonABSINTHIA TAETRA by Ernest DowsonTHE RING OF FAUSTUS by Eugene Lee-HamiltonTHE LAST GENERATION by James Elroy Flecker