The Decadence Movement which flourished in the 1890s produced some of Europe’s most striking and exotic works of literature.

The Decadents, convinced that civilization 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.

"The Dedalus Book of Decadence looks south to sample the essence of fine French decadent writing. It succeeds in delivering a range of writers either searching vigorously for the thrill of a healthy crime or lamenting their impuissance from a sickly stupor." --Andrew St George in The Independent

Editor: Brian Stableford
Publisher: Dedalus Limited
Pages: 284pp
Size: 5.25 x 7.75 x 1
Notes: paperback
Release Date: February 14, 2022
ISBN: 978-1912868681