Decadence and other essays on the culture of ideas
By: by Remy de Gourmont; authorized translation by William Aspenwall Bradley.
Series: Half-title: The  European library, ed. by J. E. Spingarn
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and company
Published: 1921
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Notes: The first, sixth, seventh and eighth essays are translated from La culture des idees; the ninth is from the Promenades philosophiques; and the remaining essays are from Le chemin de velours.
Table of contents: title: The disassociation of ideas.; title: Glory and the idea of immortality.; title: Success and the idea of beauty.; title: the value of education.; title: Women and language.; title: Stephane Mallarmé and the idea of decadence.; title: Of style or writing.; title: Subconscious creation.; title: The roots of idealism.