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Infamous as the inspiration for the novel which slowly corrupts Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Joris-Karl Huysmans' Against Nature (A Rebours) is translated by Robert Baldick with an introduction by Patrick McGuinness in Penguin Classics. A wildly original fin-de-siecle novel, Against Nature contains only one character. Des Esseintes is a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where her indulges his taste for luxury and excess. Veering between nervous excitability and debilitating ennui, he gluts his aesthetic appetites with classical literature and art, exotic jewels (with which he fatally encrusts the shell of his tortoise), rich perfumes and a kaleidoscope of sensual experiences. Against Nature, in the words of the author, exploded 'like a meteorite' and has enjoyed a cult following to this day. This revised edition of Robert Baldick's lucid translation features a new introduction and a chronology, and reproduces Huysmans's original 1903 preface as well as a selection of reviews from writers including Mallarme, Zola and Wilde. Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) is now recognized as one of the most challenging and innovative figures in European literature and an acknowledged principal architect of the fin-de-siecle imagination. He was a career civil servant who wrote ten novels, most notably A Rebours and La-Bas.
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The cult novel of fin de siecle decadence that inspired Oscar Wilde ‘It will be biggest fiasco of the year – but I don’t give a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before.’ The title page of the first complete English translation of Against Nature (published in the French as A Rebours) included the caption ‘the book that Dorian Gray loved and inspired Oscar Wilde.’ It was, declared Wilde, one of the best novels he had ever read. It is the story of Jean des Esseintes, the last of a proud and noble family, who retreats from the world in disgust at bourgeois society and leads a life based on cultivation of the senses through art. Des Esseintes distills perfumes from the rarest oils and essences, he creates a garden of poisonous flowers, sets gemstones in a tortoise’s gold-painted shell and plans to corrupt a street urchin until he is degraded enough to commit murder. Des Esseintes’ aesthetic pilgrimage is described in minutely documented realistic detail and was widely regarded as the guidebook of decadence.
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Joris-Karl Huysmans' shocking novel of an innocent's descent into a world of depraved, blasphemous rituals, The Damned (La-Bas) caused a scandal when it was first published in nineteenth-century France. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with an introduction and notes by Terry Hale. Durtal, a shy, censorious man, is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais, the monstrous fifteenth-century child-murderer thought to be the original for 'Bluebeard'. Bored and disgusted by the vulgarity of everyday life, Durtal seeks spiritual solace by immersing himself in another age. But when he starts asking questions about Gilles's involvement in satanic rituals and is introduced to the exquisitely evil madame Chantelouve, he is soon drawn into a twilight world of black magic and erotic devilry in fin-de- siecle Paris. Published in 1891, The Damned cemented Huysmans's reputation as a writer at the forefront of the avant-garde and as one of the most challenging and innovative figures in European literature. In his introduction, Terry Hale discusses autobiographical aspects of this scandalous novel, Huysmans's fascination with occult practices, the real woman who inspired the character of Madame Chantelouve and other literary accounts of Gilles de Rais. This edition also includes further reading, a chronology and notes. Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) is now recognized as one of the most challenging and innovative figures in European literature and an acknowledged principal architect of the fin-de-siecle imagination. He was a career civil servant who wrote ten novels, most notably A Rebours and La-Bas.
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The lowly, downtrodden Paris civil servant Jean Folantin seeks respite from the boredom and isolation of his life in the small joys of food and the occasional embraces of a prostitute. But whatever he does, wherever he turns to in his quest for some pleasure, his dissatisfaction only increases, until he is forced to realize that he has to abandon all hope and just "go with the flow". This 1882 novella, a key work in Huysmans' literary development - prefiguring in its protagonist the figure of Jean des Esseintes, the hero of A rebours, written two years later - is accompanied here by another masterly study of human despair, 'M. Bougran's Retirement'. M. Bougran is an ex-bureaucrat who cannot escape the process (or trial) of bureaucracy. It is as if he has internalized its routines. His work becomes play, but his play becomes an obsession more consuming than any work. His scrupulous care for the letter of the law makes him a writer, but one who can find no Civil Code to tell him what to write. He is the reverse of Bartleby the Scrivener in Melville's story: Bougran is a Bartleby who prefers to… keep on writing, as so many people do, even when the machinery of writing is no longer capable of doing any useful work. In this short piece, Huysmans created a haunting tale akin to the parables of that other connoisseur of bureaucracy, office life and the inextricable entanglements of the law: Franz Kafka. - From the Introduction by Andrew Brown
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May 1884 saw the publication in Paris of a fin de siecle novel that became a perverse sensation on the European cultural scene. A Rebours (translated both as Against the Grain and Against Nature) by Joris-Karl Huysmans was written as a seductive textbook of decadence, an antidote to the "banality" of the dominant literary styles, Naturalism and Realism. Symbolism, whose influence would endure well into the modernist era, was an artistic religion-substitute, a spiritually charged cult of beauty. A Symbolist picture or sculpture is deliberately mysterious. In place of intellectual comprehension, the work seeks to have the beholder experience its esoteric depths like a vision. It is no wonder that Symbolists created some of the most fascinating artworks of their age. Featured artists: Arnold Bocklin, Edward Burne-Jones, Puvis de Chavannes, Thomas Cole, Jean Delville, Maurice Denis, James Ensor, George Frampton, Paul Gauguin, Ferdinand Hodler, Ernst Josephson, Fernand Khnopff, Gustav Klimt, Max Klinger, Georg Kolbe, Frantisek Kupka, Frederick Lord Leighton, Jacek Malczewski, Hans von Marees, James Abbot McNeill Whistler, Piet Mondrian, Gustave Moreau, Edvard Munch, Nestor, William Degouve de Nunques, Pablo Picasso, Odilon Redon, Felicien Rops, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Giovanni Segantini, Charles van der Stappen, Franz von Stuck, Felix Vallotton, Elihu Vedder, and Georg Frederick Watts. Издание на английском языке.
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Two Against Nature (Hybrid-SACD)Треклист:1 Gaslighting Abbie 5:54, 2 What A Shame About Me 5:15, 3 Two Against Nature 6:18, 4 Janie Runaway 4:08, 5 Almost Gothic 4:10, 6 Jack Of Speed 6:19, 7 Cousin Dupree 5:28, 8 Negative Girl 5:35, 9 West Of Hollywood 8:21
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A serving politician as well as liberal theorist, Mill was a passionate advocate of equality for women. In this short but powerful essay he explains his argument, against the norms of Victorian Britain, that society, not nature, dictates that women submit to men.
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Каталожный номер TRESOR.147, Формат 2LP, Лейбл TresorA1 Washing My HandsA2 Let Them BleedA3 ParalyzingB1 Nothing And No OneB2 MeatC1 Join Us In ParadiseC2 Hanoi HanoiD1 GuiltlessD2 Theme From StreetwalkerD3 Under SkinArtwork - Claude EdenWritten By, Producer - Karl O'Connor, Peter Sutton
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Жанр: Поп и рокИсполнитель: MetejoorАльбом: JorisГод записи: 2023 годСостав набора: Аналоговая пластинкаКоличество носителей: 2Упаковка: СтандартнаяИздатель: Mostiko
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The Forest Lily Pattern Bag in a medium size (25 x 20 x 12 cm) is an enchanting and nature-inspired accessory featuring a lily pattern against a backdrop reminiscent of a forest. This bag brings a touch of elegance and natural beauty to your ensemble. The medium dimensions strike a balance between functionality and style, making it a versatile choice for various occasions. Elevate your look with the charming and nature-inspired Forest Lily Pattern Bag, perfect for those who appreciate a blend of sophistication and the beauty of the natural world in their fashion accessories.
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Perfectly pitched and gorgeously penned, this astonishingly bold collection of stories explores the boundary between the wild and the civilized. Pitting human beings against the extremes of nature, Diane Cook surgically peels back the layers of civilization to lay bare our vulnerabilities and the ease with which our darker, primal urges emerge. These exhilarating and terrifying tales are set in worlds that are distorted versions of our own, where an alpha male is pursued through city streets by murderous rivals, a marooned woman defends her house against the rising flood and hordes of desperate refugees, and a pack of not-needed boys take refuge in a murky forest and compete against one another for food. Wry, transgressive and utterly unique, Cook’s wildly inventive debut collection illuminates, with surreal humour and heartbreak, humankind’s struggle not only to thrive, but survive.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804—1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. "The Blithedale Romance", considered one of Hawthorne's major novels, explores the limitations of human nature set against an experiment in communal living. From mesmerism to illicit love, "The Blithedale Romance" represents one of Hawthorne's best and most sharply etched works, one that Henry James called his "brightest" and "liveliest" novel.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. "The Blithedale Romance", considered one of Hawthorne's major novels, explores the limitations of human nature set against an experiment in communal living. From mesmerism to illicit love, "The Blithedale Romance" represents one of Hawthorne's best and most sharply etched works, one that Henry James called his "brightest" and "liveliest" novel.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804—1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. "The Blithedale Romance", considered one of Hawthorne's major novels, explores the limitations of human nature set against an experiment in communal living. From mesmerism to illicit love, "The Blithedale Romance" represents one of Hawthorne's best and most sharply etched works, one that Henry James called his "brightest" and "liveliest" novel.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. "The Blithedale Romance", considered one of Hawthorne's major novels, explores the limitations of human nature set against an experiment in communal living. From mesmerism to illicit love, "The Blithedale Romance" represents one of Hawthorne's best and most sharply etched works, one that Henry James called his "brightest" and "liveliest" novel.
