Decadence and Literature by David Weir, Jane Desmarais

430 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative medium-paced
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Decadence and Literature explains how the concept of decadence developed since Roman times into a major cultural trope with broad explanatory power. No longer just a term of opprobrium for mannered art or immoral behaviour, decadence today describ...

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