{"product_id":"j-k-huysmans-9781789148725","title":"J.-K. Huysmans","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical biography of a major novelist and art critic from the late nineteenth-century French decadent movement.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e J.-K. Huysmans (1848-1907) is often hailed as a forerunner of modernist letters. While his novel \u003ci\u003eÀ rebours\u003c\/i\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eAgainst Nature\u003c\/i\u003e remains infamous for its reclusive protagonist retreating into a realm of artifice and dreams, Huysmans's literary contributions are far-reaching. Ruth Antosh explores Huysmans's life and work, illustrating how both reflect an uneasy era of profound social and artistic change. In this context, Huysmans's correspondence, early fiction, art criticism, and surrealist novel \u003ci\u003eEn rade\u003c\/i\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eStranded \u003c\/i\u003edemand greater critical attention. Antosh argues that Huysmans's life should be understood as an unwavering quest for spiritual and aesthetic fulfillment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Antosh\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emerita of French at the State University of New York at Fredonia. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eReality and Illusion in the Novels of J.-K. Huysmans\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50919249215762,"sku":"9781789148725","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fd4fc14b-8fdb-4ce3-b43b-cdda159efeb8.jpg?v=1738888925","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/j-k-huysmans-9781789148725","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}