The Book of Masks
An Anthology of French Symbolist & Decadent Writing (Atlas Arkhive, No 2)
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Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8473281M
- ISBN-139780947757816
- ISBN-100947757813
- OCLC Control Number32075851
- Library of Congress Control Number95232818
and 2 more
- LibraryThing408673
- Goodreads765800
Classifications
- LCCPQ1138.A58 1994
Description
The selection is based on a series of essays on contemporary writers published as The Book of Masks by the foremost critic and author of the period: Remy de Gourmont. (The "masks" are remarkable portrait drawings by Felix Vallotton.) De Gourmont's essays brilliantly evoke the pre-occupations of each author, their genius and shortcomings, while simultaneously describing, and contributing to, the literary theories of the movement. His introduction provides one of the most important overviews of Symbolism and describes its gradual subsidence into its "dark side": decadence. De Gourmont's book consisted solely of essays, but the editor of this anthology has added characteristic texts from each writer to accompany them. Nearly fifty are included, ranging from the extraordinary obscure and unjustly forgotten to the literary giants of the day. Here are works by Gide, Mallarme and Verlaine which have never before appeared in English.
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