Contents
Title Page
Acknowledgements
Introduction
A Note on the Text and Annotations
The Life of Arthur Symons
The Symbolist Movement in Literature
Section I: Essays Included in the 1908 Edition
Introduction
Gérard de Nerval
Villiers de l’Isle-Adam
Arthur Rimbaud
Paul Verlaine
Jules Laforgue
Stéphane Mallarmé
The Later Huysmans
Maeterlinck as a Mystic
Conclusion
Section II: Essays Added to the 1919 Edition
Joris-Karl Huysmans
A Note on Zola’s Method
Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
Balzac
Prosper Mérimée
Gustave Flaubert
Théophile Gautier
Léon Cladel
Charles Baudelaire
Appendix 1. The Decadent Movement in Literature
Appendix 2. Translations Added to the 1919 Edition
Glossary
Bibliography and Further Reading
About the Author
Copyright