Aesthetes and Decadents of the 1890's: An Anthology of British Poetry and Prose by Lionel Pigot Johnson, John Barlas, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Karl E. Beckson, Aubrey Beardsley, Oscar Wilde, John Gray, Walter Pater, Michael Field, Ernest Dowson, Theodore Wratislaw, Mostyn Piggot, Max Beerbohm, Olive Custance, Robert Smythe Hichens, Alfred Bruce Douglas, Arthur Symons, W.B. Yeats, Richard Le Gallienne

Aesthetes and Decadents of the 1890's: An Anthology of British Poetry and Prose
Lionel Pigot Johnson, John Barlas, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Karl E. Beckson, Aubrey Beardsley, Oscar Wilde, John Gray, Walter Pater, Michael Field, Ernest Dowson, Theodore Wratislaw, Mostyn Piggot, Max Beerbohm, Olive Custance, Robert Smythe Hichens, Alfred Bruce Douglas, Arthur Symons, W.B. Yeats, Richard Le Gallienne

337 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

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The Aesthetic and Decadent Movement of the late 19th century spawned the idea of "Art for Art's Sake," challenged aesthetic standards and shocked the bourgeosie. From Walter Pater's study, "The Renaissance to Salome, the truly decadent collaborati...