The Dedalus Book of English Decadence: Vile Emperors and Elegant Degenerates AUTH-3498658 ISBN13: 9780879726980

ISBN13: 9780879726980

in a society that insists everything happens for a reason

she\'s considered a pair of sexy legs in a male-dominated world and constantly has to prove her worth

English has the mastered the hybrid narrative art form of social history and underworld thriller

knowing that marrying Frank would ruin his family and fly in the face of his mother's opposition

The Dedalus Book of English Decadence: Vile Emperors and Elegant Degenerates AUTH-3498658 ISBN13: 9780879726980The 1890s English Decadence was no mere polite response to French invention, but the hothouse blossoming of long indigenous researches into the perverse. Like Imperial Rome, England could hardly subdue and rule the globe without becoming corrupt. The Romantics tried rebellion, but amidst Victorian industry, terminally fatigued Decadents concerned themselves with cultivating their addiction to luxury and sensation. In The Dedalus Book of English