num_pages: 336
description: Huysmans described Decadence as a "black feast" and the SECOND DEDALUS BOOK OF DECADENCE offers a veritable banquet, with offerings from the major practitioners and their precursors in France and England.Table of contents:Brian Stableford. The Philosophy of DecadenceCharles Pierre Baudelaire. L'invitation au voyage Oscar Wilde. The Disciple Joris-Karl Huysmans. Des Esseintes' DreamAlgernon Charles Swinburne. FaustineComte de Lautréamont. Verses from The Songs of MaldororEric Stenbock. Viol d'AmourRemy de Gourmont. PéhorR. Murray Gilchrist. Roxana Runs LunatickArthur Rimbaud. Passages from A Season in HellVernon Lee. The Virgin of the Seven DaggersStephane Mallarme. The Future PhenomenonOscar Wilde. The Teacher of Wisdom Jean Lorrain. Funeral OrationErnest Dowson. Amor ProfanusMarcel Schwob. Les portes de l’opiumOscar Wilde. The SphinxAnatole FranceJames Elroy Flecker. Don Juan DeclaimsAuguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam. Souvenirs occultesJohn Davidson. The Testament of a VivisectorOctave Mirbeau. Crowd SceneEdgar Allan Poe. BereniceCharles Pierre Baudelaire. The Cord R. Murray Gilchrist. Witch-in-GrainStephane Mallarme. Autumnal LamentRichard Garnett. Duke VirgilPierre Louÿs. The ShutterOscar Wilde. The Doer of Good Catulle Mendès. The Vanquished ShadowLady Dilke. The Outcast SpiritCharles Pierre Baudelaire. To Each His Chimera Ernest Dowson. The VisitMarcel Schwob. BéatriceJames Elroy Flecker. NarcissusCharles Pierre Baudelaire. A Heroic Death W. C. Morrow. An Original RevengeJean Lorrain. Réclamation posthumeEdgar Allan Poe. The Conqueror WormCharles Baudelaire. The Temptations: Eros, Plutus and Fame George Sterling. A Wine of Wizardry
language: English
title: The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence the Black Feast
titlecomplete: The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence the Black Feast
genres: Short Stories, Classics, Anthologies, Fiction
ratings_count: 29
series: Dedalus Books of Decadence
publisher: Hippocrene Books