French decadent tales /
French decadent tales /
translated with an introduction and notes by Stephen Romer.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- l, 231 pages ; 20 cm.
- Oxford world's classics .
- Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references.
Don Juan's crowning love-affair / The presentiment ; The desire to be a man ; Sentimentalism / What the shadow demands / A dentist terribly punished ; The last bake ; The lucky sixpence / On a cure ; The bath ; The first emotion ; The little summer-house / Constant Guignard ; Deshoulières ; Pft! Pft! / At the death-bed ; A walk ; The tresses ; Night / The statue / An unsolved crime ; The student's tale ; The man with the bracelet ; The man who loved consumptives / The time / Danaette ; The faun ; Don Juan's secret ; On the threshold / Perseus and Andromeda / The brothel ; The sans-gueule ; 52 and 53 Orfila ; Lucretius, poet ; Paolo Uccello, painter / A case without precedent / Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly -- Villiers De L'Isle-Adam -- Catulle Mendès -- Léon Bloy -- Octave Mirbeau -- Jean Richepin -- Guy De Maupassant -- Gustave Geffroy -- Jean Lorrain -- Georges Rodenbach -- Remy De Gourmont -- Jules Laforgue -- Marcel Schwob -- Pierre Louÿs.
"This newly translated selection of 36 of the best decadent tales from the French fin-de-siecle brings together some the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. Hilarious and horrifying, these extraordinary, corrosive little tales cast a cold eye on the modern world"--back cover.
9780199569274 (pbk.) 0199569274 (pbk.)
2013431424
GBB305224 bnb
016256169 Uk
Short stories, French--Translations into English.
French fiction--19th century.
Decadence (Literary movement)--France.
Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
PQ1276.D34 / F74 2013
843.010807
Includes bibliographical references.
Don Juan's crowning love-affair / The presentiment ; The desire to be a man ; Sentimentalism / What the shadow demands / A dentist terribly punished ; The last bake ; The lucky sixpence / On a cure ; The bath ; The first emotion ; The little summer-house / Constant Guignard ; Deshoulières ; Pft! Pft! / At the death-bed ; A walk ; The tresses ; Night / The statue / An unsolved crime ; The student's tale ; The man with the bracelet ; The man who loved consumptives / The time / Danaette ; The faun ; Don Juan's secret ; On the threshold / Perseus and Andromeda / The brothel ; The sans-gueule ; 52 and 53 Orfila ; Lucretius, poet ; Paolo Uccello, painter / A case without precedent / Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly -- Villiers De L'Isle-Adam -- Catulle Mendès -- Léon Bloy -- Octave Mirbeau -- Jean Richepin -- Guy De Maupassant -- Gustave Geffroy -- Jean Lorrain -- Georges Rodenbach -- Remy De Gourmont -- Jules Laforgue -- Marcel Schwob -- Pierre Louÿs.
"This newly translated selection of 36 of the best decadent tales from the French fin-de-siecle brings together some the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. Hilarious and horrifying, these extraordinary, corrosive little tales cast a cold eye on the modern world"--back cover.
9780199569274 (pbk.) 0199569274 (pbk.)
2013431424
GBB305224 bnb
016256169 Uk
Short stories, French--Translations into English.
French fiction--19th century.
Decadence (Literary movement)--France.
Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
PQ1276.D34 / F74 2013
843.010807