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Against Nature: A Rebours
Against Nature: A Rebours

Against Nature: A Rebours

Author: 
Joris-Karl Huysmans; Margaret Mauldon; Nicholas White
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It will be the biggest fiasco of the year - but I don't care a damn! It will be something nobody has ever done before, and I shall have said what I had to say.'

As Joris -Karl Huysmans announced in 1884, Against Nature was fated to be a novel like no other. Resisting the models of classic nineteenth-century fiction, it focuses on the attempts of its anti-hero, the hypersensitive neurotic and aesthete, Des Esseintes, to escape Paris and the vulgarity of modern life. Holed up in his private museum of high taste, he offers Huysmans's readers a treasure trove of cultural delights which anticipates many of the strains of modernism in its appreciation of Baudelaire, Moreau, Redon, Mallarme and Poe. This new translation is supplemented by indispensable notes which enhance the understanding of a highly allusive work.

ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

About the author: 

Nicholas White is Lecturer in French at Royal Holloway College, University of London.

Product details

ISBN : 9780199555116

Author: 
Joris-Karl Huysmans; Margaret Mauldon; Nicholas White
Pages
272 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
130 x 195 mm
Pub date
May 2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
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Against Nature: A Rebours

Against Nature: A Rebours

Against Nature: A Rebours