| Author |
Gourmont, Remy de, 1858-1915 |
| Translator |
Bradley, William Aspenwall, 1878-1939 |
| Title |
Decadence, and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas
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| Note |
The first, sixth, seventh, and eighth essays are translated from La Culture des Idées; the ninth is from the Promenades Philosophiques; and the remaining essays are from Le Chemin de Velours.
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| Contents |
The disassociation of ideas -- Glory and the idea of immortality -- Success and the idea of beauty -- The value of education -- Women and language -- Stéphane Mallarmé and the idea of decadence -- Of style or writing -- Subconscious creation -- The roots of idealism.
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| Credits |
E-text prepared by Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
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| Subject |
Philosophy
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| Subject |
French essays -- Translations into English
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
46728 |
| Release Date |
Aug 29, 2014 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Jun 15, 2020 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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