{"product_id":"the-second-dedalus-book-of-decadence-black-feast-9781912868698","title":"The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence: Black Feast","description":"The Decadence Movement which flourished in the 1890s produced some of Europe's most striking and exotic works of literature The Decadents, convinced that civilization was in a state of terminal decline, refused to rebel as the Romantics had, but set forth instead to cultivate the pleasures of calculated perversity and to seek the artificial paradise of drug-induced hallucination. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJ.-K. Huysmans described Decadence as a 'black feast' and \u003ci\u003eThe Second Dedalus Book of Decadence\u003c\/i\u003e offers a veritable banquet, with offerings from the major practitioners in France and England. It completes Brian Stableford seminal two-volume study of the decadent movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStableford, Brian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBrian Stableford\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Britain's leading writers of science fiction and fantasy. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Dedalus Book of Decadence, The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTales of the Wandering Jew\u003c\/i\u003e. He has translated for Dedalus, under the pseudonym of Francis Amery, \u003ci\u003eMonsieur de Phocas\u003c\/i\u003e by Jean Lorrain and \u003ci\u003eThe Angels of Perversity\u003c\/i\u003e by Remy de Gourmont.","brand":"Dedalus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387149390098,"sku":"9781912868698","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7916aa38-92bc-440e-9726-fe3d00e1dddc.jpg?v=1728871236","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-second-dedalus-book-of-decadence-black-feast-9781912868698","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}