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Zusatztext [A] beautifully translated anthology Informationen zum Autor Stephen Romer is a specialist of French and British Modernism. He has published four collections of poetry, the most recent of which, Yellow Studio (Carcanet/Oxford Poets, 2008) was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot prizze. He has edited and co-translated Twentieth-Century French Poems (Faber, 2002), and has served as judge for the Tower poetry prize, the Popescu Prize for European Translation, and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. He reviews regularly for the Guardian and the TLS. Klappentext This newly translated selection of 36 of the best decadent tales from the French fin-de-siecle brings together some the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. Hilarious and horrifying, these extraordinary, corrosive little tales cast a cold eye on the modern world. Superbly translated and introduced by Stephen Romer. [A] beautifully translated anthology Graham Robb, TLS Zusammenfassung This newly translated selection of 36 of the best decadent tales from the French fin-de-siècle brings together some the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. Hilarious and horrifying, these extraordinary, corrosive little tales cast a cold eye on the modern world. Superbly translated and introduced by Stephen Romer. Inhaltsverzeichnis JULES BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (1808-89) Don Juan's Crowning Love Affair LÉON BLOY (1846-1917) A Dentist Terribly Punished The Last Bake The Lucky Sixpence GUSTAVE GEFFROY (1855-1926) The Statue RÉMY DE GOURMONT (1858-1915) Danaette Don Juan's Secret The Faun On the Threshold JULES LAFORGUE (1860-87) Perseus and Andromeda JEAN LORRAIN (1895-1906) An Unidentified Crime The Man with the Bracelet The Student's Tale The Man Who Loved Consumptives PIERRE LOUYS (1870-1925) A Case without Precedent GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-93) At the Death-Bed The Night A Walk The Tresses CATULLE MENDÈS (1841-1909) What the Shadow Demands GUSTAVE MIRBEAU (1848-1927) The Bath The First Emotion The Little Summer-House On a Cure JEAN RICHEPIN (1849-1926) Constant Guignard Deshoulières Pft! Pft! GEORGE RODENBACH (1855-98) The Time MARCEL SCHWOB (1867-1905) The Brothel The Sans-Gueule 52 and 53 Orfila Lucretius, Poet Paolo Uccello, Painter VILLIERS DE L'ISLE ADAM (1838-89) Sentimentalism The Presentiment The Desire to be a Man ...
