The Dedalus Book Of Roman Decadence
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The Dedalus Book Of Roman Decadence
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Author : Geoffrey Farrington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Dedalus Book Of Roman Decadence written by Geoffrey Farrington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
This volume collects the poetry and prose that served as the model and inspiration for so much of fin-de-siecle English and French writing, providing a vivid picture of sexual excess and debauchery in a cruel and violent society which has never ceased to fascinate the library and scholarly imagination of succeeding generations. The editor, novelist Geoffrey Farrington, provides a general introduction to the literary and political milieux of imperial Rome, and introductory notes to works by such authors as Ovid, Tacitus, Suetonius, and Juvenal. "...concentrates on the outrageous behaviour of the ruling class of the Roman Empire, as described in passages selected from the prose, poetry and history of the period. Their murder plots, sexual deviances, orgies, cruelty and incessant intrigue put our politicians and their peccadillos on a play school level." Time Out
The Dedalus Book Of English Decadence
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Author : James Willsher
language : en
Publisher: Decadence from Dedalus S
Release Date : 2004
The Dedalus Book Of English Decadence written by James Willsher and has been published by Decadence from Dedalus S this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Fiction categories.
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.
The Second Dedalus Book Of Decadence
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Author : Graham Anderson
language : en
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Release Date : 2024-05-20
The Second Dedalus Book Of Decadence written by Graham Anderson and has been published by SCB Distributors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-20 with Fiction categories.
The Decadent Movement which flourished in the 1890s produced some of Europe’s most striking and exotic works of literature. The Decadents, convinced that civilisation was in a state of terminal decline, refused to rebel as the Romantics had, but set forth instead to cultivate the pleasures of calculated perversity and to seek the artificial paradise of drug-induced hallucination. J.-K. Huysmans described Decadence as a ‘black feast’ and The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence offers a veritable banquet, with offerings from the major practitioners in France and England. It completes Brian Stableford seminal two-volume study of the decadent movement.
The Dedalus Book Of Medieval Literature
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Author : Brian Murdoch
language : en
Publisher: Grin of the Gargoyle
Release Date : 1995
The Dedalus Book Of Medieval Literature written by Brian Murdoch and has been published by Grin of the Gargoyle this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Brian Murdoch provides an alternative view of the Middle Ages, showing the anarchy and decadence which lurked below the surface of a devout and conformist society. The grinning gargoyle, which mocked the solemnity of Gothic cathedrals, symbolises the violence, depravity and irreverence inherent in man which could not be suppressed by the church. Texts translated from the prose, chronicles and verse of the period, such as the Trial of Gilles de Rais, Boccaccio's Decameron, I Have a Gentil Cok, A Black Mass and Metrical Verses on the Subject of his Prick, reveal the wilder aspects of medieval man. Brian Murdoch has assembled and translated texts from Medieval Latin, Old French, Italian, Scots Gaelic, Cornish, Old and Middle English, Old Irish and Welsh which will redefine the Middle Ages for the modern reader
The Dedalus Book Of German Decadence
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Author : Raymond Furness
language : en
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Release Date : 1994
The Dedalus Book Of German Decadence written by Raymond Furness and has been published by Hippocrene Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Fiction categories.
The Dedalus Book Of Decadence Moral Ruins
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Author : Brian M. Stableford
language : en
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Release Date : 1993
The Dedalus Book Of Decadence Moral Ruins written by Brian M. Stableford and has been published by Hippocrene Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Fiction categories.
The Dedalus Book Of Russian Decadence
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Author : Kirsten Lodge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Dedalus Book Of Russian Decadence written by Kirsten Lodge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Fiction categories.
Including writings by the well-known authors Valery Briusov, Leonid Andreyev, Fedor Sologub and Zinaida Gippius, this collection explores the darkest depths of the unconscious, which lead their characters to sadism, masochism, rape, murder and suicide.
The Perennial Satirist
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Author : Peter Edgerly Firchow
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2005
The Perennial Satirist written by Peter Edgerly Firchow and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This collection of essays primarily honours Bernfried Nugel the teacher and scholar, but it also pays homage to Bernfried Nugel the indefatigable worker in the cause of Aldous Huxley studies. It is due to this latter manifestation that many of the contributors to this volume know each other personally, having met at one or more of the international conferences that Professor Nugel organized and either hosted or co-hosted. At Munster, his home university, he has also been instrumental in establishing and heading a center for admirers of Huxley's work, along with a fine library of Huxley materials, including manuscripts and numerous first editions. (Series: "Human Potentialities". Studien zu Aldous Huxley & zeitgenossischer Kultur/Studies in Aldous Huxley & Contemporary Culture - Vol. 7)
Historical Dictionary Of Fantasy Literature
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Author : Allen Stroud
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-06-12
Historical Dictionary Of Fantasy Literature written by Allen Stroud and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-12 with Literary Collections categories.
Fantasy is a genre in motion, gradually expanding its reach and historical sources to embrace a global identity Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Second Edition is a snapshot of the genre in this moment, identifying new themes and sources that are emerging to inspire, enhance and invigorate the published works of fantasy writers.
The A To Z Of Fantasy Literature
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Author : Brian Stableford
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2009-08-13
The A To Z Of Fantasy Literature written by Brian Stableford and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic existed, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in Western estimation by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was temporarily marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace. Stableford provides an invaluable guide to this sequence of events and to the current state of the field. The chronology tracks the evolution of fantasy from the origins of literature to the 21st century. The introduction explains the nature of the impulses creating and shaping fantasy literature, the problems of its definition and the reasons for its changing historical fortunes. The dictionary includes cross-referenced entries on more than 700 authors, ranging across the entire historical spectrum, while more than 200 other entries describe the fantasy subgenres, key images in fantasy literature, technical terms used in fantasy criticism, and the intimately convoluted relationship between literary fantasies, scholarly fantasies, and lifestyle fantasies. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography that ranges from general textbooks and specialized accounts of the history and scholarship of fantasy literature, through bibliographies and accounts of the fantasy literature of different nations, to individual author studies and useful websites.