Decadent Poetry

Name: Decadent Poetry
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ISBN: 9780140424133

ISBN-10: 014042413X

ISBN-13: 9780140424133

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lisa Rodensky, John Davidson, Ernest Dowson, Arthur Symons

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A definitive collection of poems that express the languid eroticism and aesthetic rebellion of the late Victorian age Toward the end of the nineteenth century, formerly straight-laced English verse began loosening its stays. The English decadents submerged themselves in the pleasures of artifice and turned a fascinated eye on the intertwining of decay and desire. Among the poets in this intoxicating collection are Oscar Wilde on tainted love and the torments of the human spirit, Arthur Symons on the stupor of absinthe, Rosamond Marriott Watson on disenchantment and memory, W. B. Yeats on waning passion and faded beauty, and Lord Alfred Douglas on shame and secret love. Decadent Poetryopens…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.83" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English