‘A sort of breviary’: Arthur Symons, J. K. Huysmans and British Decadence

Arthur Symons’s description of J. K. Huysmans’s À rebours as ‘the breviary of decadence’ is widely cited by critics. It has had a significant influence on our understanding of Huysmans and upon histories of the Decadent movement more generally. This article examines the complex and changing textual...

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Main Author: Matthew Creasy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2019-12-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/6440
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