Dedalus Book of Russian Decadence: Perversity, Despair and Collapse - Perversity, Despair and Collapse

Informationen zum Autor Both main author and main translator for this book of dark Russian poetry, Kirsten Lodge is passionate for the sweet darkness of Russian literature. Klappentext Cruelty, corruption, sensuality, desperation and death: the sensationalism and morbid pessimism that characterized French decadence in the late nineteenth century quickly attracted converts throughout Europe, including Russia. Here are the horrifying, dramatic and erotic short stories and poetry, most of which have never before been translated into English, by the most decadent Russian writers. These explore the depths of the unconscious, as their characters experience sadism, masochism, rape, murder, suicide, and, in a story by Gippius, even passionate love for the dead. * describes the spread of madnessand the collapse of advanced, but decadent, civilizations that indulge in refined pleasures * Andreyev portrays the collapse of all moral values on a personal level in his famous story The Abyss Femmes fatales lure men to destruction, but the most seductive enchantress in the anthology is death itself.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kirsten Lodge, Margo Rosen
• Con la collaborazione di: Kirsten Lodge (Editore), Grigory Dashewski (Traduzione), Kirsten Lodge (Traduzione), Margo Rosen (Traduzione), Margo Shohl Rosen (Traduzione)
• Editore: Dedalus Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.04.2007
• EAN: 9781903517604
• ISBN: 978-1-903517-60-4
• Pagine: 322
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie